立宪

立憲

lìxiàn

verb

Meanings

1 to adopt a constitution
2 constitutional rule

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Examples

HSK 3

这个国家一百多年前就立宪了。

Zhège guójiā yìbǎi duō nián qián jiù lìxiàn le.

This country adopted a constitution more than a hundred years ago.

HSK 7-9

清朝末年，许多人主张立宪，反对用革命推翻朝廷。

Qīngcháo mònián, xǔduō rén zhǔzhāng lìxiàn, fǎnduì yòng gémìng tuīfān cháotíng.

In the last years of the Qing, many people favored a constitution and opposed overthrowing the court by revolution.

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history

Late-Qing reformers split into the 立宪派 (constitutionalists), such as 梁启超, who wanted a 君主立宪 (constitutional monarchy) on the British or Japanese model, and the revolutionaries around 孙中山, who wanted a republic. The court announced in 1906 that it would prepare for a constitution, but it fell in 1912.

Stroke Order

立 lì

宪 xiàn