維新

维新
wéixīn
  1. (political) reform
  2. revitalization
  3. modernization

CEDICT

  1. reform; reformation (politically, especially in later 19th century and early 20th century)
  2. to reform (politically)

Wiktionary

本指施行善政而新獲天命，主宰天下。《詩經．大雅．文王》：「周雖舊邦，其命維新。」後用以指革除舊法而行新政。《五代史平話．周史．卷上》：「否往泰來，共睹維新之化；上作下應，永臻丕乂之風。」

重編國語辭典

（政治上）改革，革新。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 維 wéi
  1. to preserve
  2. to maintain
  3. to hold together
  4. dimension
  5. vitamin (abbr. for 維生素 wéishēngsù)
2 新 xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)

Containing this entry

咸與維新 xiányùwéixīn
  1. everyone participates in reforms (idiom)
  2. to replace the old with new
  3. to reform and start afresh
戊戌維新 Wùxū Wéixīn Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
明治維新 Míngzhì Wéixīn Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
百日維新 Bǎirì Wéixīn Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
維新派 wéixīnpài the reformist faction
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Related entries

改革 gǎigé
  1. reform
  2. to reform

classifiers: 次, 種, 項

我们算计着改革生产流程。

We are planning changes to the manufacturing process.

Source: Tatoeba

現代化 xiàndàihuà modernization

classifier: 個

它現代化的程度遠遠超乎我的預料。

Its modernization was far beyond my expectations.

Source: Tatoeba