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四人幫

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Mandarin · pinyin Sì rén bāng

Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青 Jiāng Qīng, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋 Zhāng Chūn qiáo, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元 Yáo Wén yuán, Wang Hongwen 王洪文 Wáng Hóng wén, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution

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四: sì · four
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
幫: bāng · to help, assist; to defend; shoe upper
帮: bāng · help, assist; defend; shoe upper

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4–2–1 · Si4 ren2 bang1

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the Gang of Four, a leftist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party officials that came to prominence during the Chinese Cultural Revolution

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