jiàn guó
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  • 1

    v.found/establish a state

    • zhè shì xīn xī lán de jiàn guó wén jiàn

      新西兰建国文件

      This is New Zealand's founding document.

    • zhōng guó de jiàn guó qìng diǎn jù yǒu gèng wéi zhòng yào de yì yì

      中国建国庆典具有重要意义

      Chinese state birthday parties are much more serious.

    • hái zi men zài xué xí měi guó jiàn guó de lì shǐ

      孩子学习美国建国历史

      Children are learning about the history of how the United States came into being.

  • 2

    v.build up a country

    • wǒ men bì xū qín jiǎn jiàn guó

      我们必须勤俭建国

      We must build up our country with industry and frugality.

    • wǒ men de jiàn guó zhě men fǎn duì de shì jūn zhǔ zhuān zhì

      我们建国反对君主专制

      What our Founding Fathers were rejecting was a concept of monarchy.

    • wǒ men de jiàn guó xiān fù men rèn shi dào le zhè xiē

      我们建国先父认识这些

      And our Founding Fathers knew about this.

Word usage

  • "建" and "国" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 中国1949

      It was in 1949 that China was founded.

    • 时候他们

      At that time, they have just established the country.

    • 中国盟友协议

      The two countries signed an alliance agreement with each other as soon as China was founded.

Chinese words with pinyin jian guo