rise in rebellion; start an uprising
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1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
to rise up in rebellion; to start an uprising
literaryLiterally means 'to raise a pole and rise up.' It originates from Jia Yi's essay 'The Faults of Qin' (过秦论), describing the Chen Sheng-Wu Guang uprising. Used to describe a rebellion against oppressive authority, especially when the rebels use simple, improvised weapons.
Qín秦
cháo朝
mò末
nián年
，
bǎi百
xìng姓
bù不
kān堪
bào暴
zhèng政
，
fēn纷
fēn纷
jiē揭
gān竿
ér而
qǐ起
。
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the people, unable to endure the tyranny, rose up in rebellion one after another.
Lì历
shǐ史
shang上
de的
nóng农
mín民
qǐ起
yì义
，
wǎng往
wǎng往
dōu都
shì是
guān官
bī逼
mín民
fǎn反
，
jiē揭
gān竿
ér而
qǐ起
。
In history, peasant uprisings often occurred because the officials drove the people to rebel, forcing them to rise up.
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Yā压
pò迫
yù愈
shēn深
，
fǎn反
kàng抗
yù愈
liè烈
，
zuì最
zhōng终
rén人
mín民
zhǐ只
néng能
jiē揭
gān竿
ér而
qǐ起
。
The deeper the oppression, the fiercer the resistance; ultimately, the people have no choice but to rise up in rebellion.