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叛黨

简叛党 · 繁叛黨

Mandarin · pinyin pàn dǎng

to betray one's party
to defect (from the communist party)
renegade faction

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叛: pàn · rebel; rebellion; rebellious
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党: dǎng · political party, gang, faction

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4–3 · pan4 dang3

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verb

(intransitive, verb-object) to become a traitor to one's political party

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