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Mandarin · pinyin Máo Gài

Introduction to Maoism (subject)
abbr. for 毛澤東思想概論 Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎng Gài lùn

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毛: máo · hair, fur, feathers; coarse
概: gài · generally, approximately

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2–4 · Mao2 Gai4

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(Mainland China) short for 毛澤東思想和中國特色社會主義理論體系概論 (“Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, an undergraduate general education course, required for Chinese students”)

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