Pinyin: Min2 guo2 Definition: Republic of China (1912-1949)/used instead of reign name by the nationalist government, then by Taiwan/used in PRC as reign name of a former dynasty
Pinyin: min2 zu2 zhu3 yi4 Definition: nationalism/national self-determination/principle of nationalism, the first 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 parity between China and the great powers)/racism
Pinyin: zhu3 dong4 Definition: to take the initiative/to do sth of one's own accord/spontaneous/active/opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]/drive (of gears and shafts etc)
Pinyin: zhu3 chi2 Definition: to take charge of/to manage or direct/to preside over/to uphold/to stand for (justice etc)/to host (a TV or radio program etc)
Pinyin: jiao4 zhu3 Definition: founder or head of a religion (possibly legendary)/figure (man or God) worshipped by a religious sect/modern pop or film star worshipped by fans
Pinyin: yi4 wu2 fan3 gu4 Definition: honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back/no surrender/to pursue justice with no second thoughts
Pinyin: ren2 yi4 dao4 de2 Definition: compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues/mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
Pinyin: Xin4 yi4 Definition: Xinyi or Hsinyi district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/Xinyi or Hsini district of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan/Xinyi or Hsini township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
Pinyin: tian1 jing1 di4 yi4 Definition: lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper/right and unalterable/a matter of course
Pinyin: duan4 zhang1 qu3 yi4 Definition: lit. to take meaning from cut segment (idiom); to interpret out of context/to focus attention on one phrase without regard to the meaning of the whole piece
Pinyin: min2 zu2 zhu3 yi4 Definition: nationalism/national self-determination/principle of nationalism, the first 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 parity between China and the great powers)/racism
Pinyin: jian4 yi4 yong3 wei2 Definition: to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth/acting heroically in a just cause
Pinyin: shi4 yi4 Definition: the meaning of sth/an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases/definition/an interpretation (of doctrine)/religious doctrine
Decomposition Levels: Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components. Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page. Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character. If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.