民权主义
Traditional form:
民權主義
Pinyin (reading):
mínquánzhǔyì
Definitions:
- democracy
- civil liberties
- principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山／孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義／三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
Characters:
- 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people
- 权 - authority, power, right
- 主 - to own; to host; master; host; lord
- 义 - right conduct, propriety; justice
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