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人民公社化

Mandarin · pinyin rén mín gōng shè huà

collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
民: mín · people, subjects, citizens
公: gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke
社: shè · god of the soil and altars to him; group of families; company, society
化: huà · change, convert, reform; -ize

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2–2–1–4–4 · ren2 min2 gong1 she4 hua4

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jan4 man4 gung1 se5 faa3

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