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張志新

简张志新 · 繁張志新

Mandarin · pinyin Zhāng Zhì xīn

Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979

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張: zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet; 26th lunar mansion, determinative star υ¹ Hydrae
志: zhì · purpose, will, determination; annals
新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
张: zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet

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1–4–1 · Zhang1 Zhi4 xin1

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