TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
革命
ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ · gémìng
noun — revolution; radical change of political order
字源 FORM — what the parts do
革to reform; to strip away (革命的革)gépictograph of a stretched hide — the work of processing leather; extended to: to strip away, to renew
革命,革新的革,生命的命。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
舊皮革(革)撐在架上;天命(命)已傳到別人手中——舊秩序的皮被剝掉了。
The old hide (革) is stretched on the frame, ready to be remade. The mandate (命, decree from above) has passed to other hands — the skin of the old order stripped away.
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