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Chinese
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to rise; to raise; to get up
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matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair |
| trad. (起事)
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| simp. #(起事)
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Pronunciation
Verb
起事
- to start an armed struggle; to rise in rebellion
- (Southern Min) to stir up trouble; to make trouble
Synonyms
- (to start an armed struggle):
- 亂逆 / 乱逆 (luànnì) (literary)
- 兵變 / 兵变 (bīngbiàn) (to mutiny)
- 動亂 / 动乱 (dòngluàn)
- 反亂 / 反乱 (fǎnluàn)
- 反叛 (fǎnpàn)
- 反天 (fǎntiān) (literary)
- 反抗 (fǎnkàng)
- 反水 (fǎnshuǐ) (dialectal)
- 叛亂 / 叛乱 (pànluàn)
- 叛變 / 叛变 (pànbiàn)
- 嘩變 / 哗变 (huábiàn) (to mutiny)
- 悖亂 / 悖乱 (bèiluàn) (literary)
- 暴亂 / 暴乱 (bàoluàn)
- 暴動 / 暴动 (bàodòng)
- 暴獄 / 暴狱 (bàoyù) (of prisoners)
- 發難 / 发难 (fānàn)
- 舉事 / 举事 (jǔshì) (literary, euphemism)
- 舉義 / 举义 (jǔyì) (literary)
- 起兵 (qǐbīng)
- 起手 (qǐshǒu)
- 起義 / 起义 (qǐyì)
- 逆亂 / 逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary)
- 造反 (zàofǎn)
- 首義 / 首义 (shǒuyì) (literary, to be the first to stage an uprising)