维新

維新
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

本指施行善政而新获天命，主宰天下。《诗经．大雅．文王》：「周虽旧邦，其命维新。」后用以指革除旧法而行新政。《五代史平话．周史．卷上》：「否往泰来，共睹维新之化；上作下应，永臻丕乂之风。」

重編國語辭典

（政治上）改革，革新。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

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

Containing this entry

咸与维新 xiányùwéixīn
  1. everyone participates in reforms (idiom)
  2. to replace the old with new
  3. to reform and start afresh
戊戌维新 Wùxū Wéixīn Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
明治维新 Míngzhì Wéixīn Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
百日维新 Bǎirì Wéixīn Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
维新派 wéixīnpài the reformist faction
维新变法 Wéixīn Biànfǎ Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
维新运动 Wéixīn Yùndòng

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

现代化 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