開國

開⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to found a state, country or kingdom

   • 而是有魏開國之日，締構之初，萬邑譬焉，亦獨犫麋之與子都，培塿之與方壺也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     而是有魏开国之日，缔构之初，万邑譬焉，亦独犫麋之与子都，培𪣻之与方壶也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 3^rd century CE, Zuo Si, 《魏都賦》

     Ér shì yǒu Wèi kāiguó zhī rì, dìgòu zhī chū, wàn yì pì yān, yì dú 犫mí zhī yǔ Zǐdū, péilóu zhī yǔ Fānghú yě. [Pinyin]

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   1. (historical) to found a vassal state

      • 大君有命，開國承家，小人勿用。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
        大君有命，开国承家，小人勿用。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

        Dàjūn yǒu mìng, kāiguó chéngjiā, xiǎorén wù yòng. [Pinyin]

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      • 至於裂土開國，實乖舊典。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
        至于裂土开国，实乖旧典。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

        From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

        Zhìyú liètǔ kāiguó, shí guāi jiùdiǎn. [Pinyin]

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2. to open up a country to Westerners (for trade and diplomatic relationship)

• 建國／建国 (jiànguó)
• (literary) 開基／开基 (kāijī)

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “開國”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 37.

開國 • (gaeguk) (hangeul 개국)

1. hanja form^? of 개국

開國

1. chữ Hán form of khai quốc (“to found a state, country or kingdom”)