Chinese Characters - Reform

Reform

Chinese character simplification is the overall reduction of the number of strokes in the regular script of a set of Chinese characters.

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Famous quotes containing the word reform:

    “We must reform society before we can reform ourselves.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.”
    —Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

    “And let Reform her columns roll.
    With thunder peal, and lightening flash.
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    ‘Mid proud Oppression’s waning crash.”
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