Some may mix up federation with confederation; in fact they differ in the extent of sovereignty of the basic units.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
捍卫国家主权
捍衛國家主權
hàn wèi guó jiā zhǔ quán
to uphold national sovereignty
Mandarin
相比中央集权制,联邦制下地方政府往往有更大的内政自主权,而联邦政府则只负责外交、国防等涉及主权的事宜。
相比中央集權制,聯邦制下地方政府往往有更大的內政自主權,而聯邦政府則只負責外交、國防等涉及主權的事宜。
xiàng bǐ zhōng yāng jí quán zhì , lián bāng zhì xià dì fāng zhèng fǔ wǎng wǎng yǒu gèng dà de nèi zhèng zì zhǔ quán , ér lián bāng zhèng fǔ zé zhǐ fù zé wài jiāo , guó fáng děng shè jí zhǔ quán de shì yí .
When compared to a centralized political system, local governments under federalism often have larger autonomy in internal affairs, while the federal government is only responsible for sovereignty-related matters like diplomacy and military.
In the first minute of the next day, the Five-star Red Flag slowly rose accompanied by the "March of the Volunteers", signifying that China has restored sovereignty over Hong Kong.
Mandarin
这些地方,还不能说农民已得了政治的胜利,还须加劲作政治斗争,至地主权力被农民完全打下去为止。
這些地方,還不能説農民已得了政治的勝利,還須加勁作政治鬥爭,至地主權力被農民完全打下去為止。
zhè xiē dì fāng , hái bù néng shuō nóng mín yǐ dé le zhèng zhì de shèng lì , hái xū jiā jìn zuò zhèng zhì dòu zhēng , zhì dì zhǔ quán lì bèi nóng mín wán quán dǎ xià qù wéi zhǐ .
In such places it is still too early to say that the peasants have gained political victory; they must wage the political struggle more vigorously until the landlords' authority is completely smashed.