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三家村

Mandarin · pinyin Sān jiā cūn

(lit.) village of three households
the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓 Dèng Tuò, Wu Han 吳晗 Wú Hán and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙 Liào Mò shā, criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution

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三: sān · three
家: jiā · house, home, residence; family
村: cūn · village, hamlet; uncouth, vulgar

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1–1–1 · San1 jia1 cun1

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