外交部回应日本「降级」日中关系，表示日方应以实际行动维护中日关系政治基础，如何看待日本这一举动？

(used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one")

political

base; foundation; basis

old variant of 以[yi3]

(of sb) to express; to state; to show

to exist; to be alive

to protect

important; significant; major

variant of 關係|关系[guan1 xi5]

place

aspect

from this