德谟克拉西
Traditional form:
德謨克拉西
Pinyin (reading):
démókèlāxī
Definitions:
- democracy (loanword) (old)
Characters:
- 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
- 谟 - to scheme, to plan; to practice
- 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
- 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
- 西 - west, western, westward
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