| 雷锋 | [Léi Fēng, ㄌㄟˊ ㄈㄥ, 雷 锋 / 雷 鋒] Lei Feng (1940-1962), young communist killed in an accident in 1962, used as a model in one of Mao's campaigns from 1963 #10,141 [Add to Longdo] |
| 圣地 | [shèng dì, ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ, 圣 地 / 聖 地] Holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; Holy city (refers to Jerusalem, Mecca etc); fig. center of historic interest (such as Yan'an 延安 for Mao's revolution) #18,390 [Add to Longdo] |
| 陕北 | [Shǎn běi, ㄕㄢˇ ㄅㄟˇ, 陕 北 / 陝 北] Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林|榆林 and Yenan 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地 #20,887 [Add to Longdo] |
| 彭德怀 | [Péng Dé huái, ㄆㄥˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄞˊ, 彭 德 怀 / 彭 德 懷] Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution #25,831 [Add to Longdo] |
| 肃反 | [sù fǎn, ㄙㄨˋ ㄈㄢˇ, 肃 反 / 肅 反] purge of counter-revolutionary elements (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57); abbr. for 肅清反革命份子|肃清反革命分子 #50,337 [Add to Longdo] |
| 冒险主义 | [mào xiǎn zhǔ yì, ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ, 冒 险 主 义 / 冒 險 主 義] adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s) [Add to Longdo] |
| 整风运动 | [zhěng fēng yùn dòng, ㄓㄥˇ ㄈㄥ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ, 整 风 运 动 / 整 風 運 動] (polit.) Rectification Campain, refers to campaign in 1942-44 within army ranks, and to Mao's purge of 1957 [Add to Longdo] |
| 百花齐放，百家争鸣 | [bǎi huā qí fàng, bǎi jiā zhēng míng, ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄤˋ, ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ, 百 花 齐 放 ， 百 家 争 鸣 / 百 花 齊 放 ， 百 家 爭 鳴] a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (成语 saw); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956 [Add to Longdo] |
| 肃反运动 | [sù fǎn yùn dòng, ㄙㄨˋ ㄈㄢˇ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ, 肃 反 运 动 / 肅 反 運 動] purge of counter-revolutionary elements (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57); abbr. for 肅反肅清反革命份子|肃清反革命分子运动 [Add to Longdo] |
| 肃清反革命分子 | [sù qīng fǎn gé mìng fèn zǐ, ㄙㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄈㄢˇ ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄣˋ ㄗˇ, 肃 清 反 革 命 分 子 / 肅 清 反 革 命 份 子] purge of counter-revolutionaries (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57); abbr. 肅反|肃反 [Add to Longdo] |
