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勞動人民

简劳动人民 · 繁勞動人民

Mandarin · pinyin láo dòng rén mín

working people
the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past

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動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
民: mín · people, subjects, citizens
劳: láo · labor, toil, do manual work
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action

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2–4–2–2 · lao2 dong4 ren2 min2

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noun

(propagandish) the working class; the labouring people

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