明治维新

Traditional form:

明治維新

Pinyin (reading):

Míngzhì Wéixīn

Definitions:

• Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)

Characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 维 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 新 - new, recent, fresh, modern

Traditional characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 維 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 新 - new, recent, fresh, modern