In pure chiral perturbation theory (ChPT) the couplings of higher order Lagrangian terms are running parameters and hence can be determined only empirically from various low-energy hadronic processes. While this scenario works well for strong interactions, it is unsatisfactory for nonleptonic and radiative nonleptonic weak interactions: It is impossible, from the outset, to determine all unknown higher-order chiral couplings by experiment; theory is tested only by certain chiral constraints rather than by its quantitative predictions.Based on a QCD-motivated model for p 4 strong chiral Lagrangian valid in the limit of large N c , one can derive large-N c fourth-order effective chiral Lagrangians for ∆S = 1 nonleptonic weak interactions and radiative weak transitions. Applications to K → πππ, K → πγγ, and K → ππγ are discussed.