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白色恐怖

Mandarin · pinyin Bái sè kǒng bù

White Terror

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
色: sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
恐: kǒng · fear; fearful, apprehensive
怖: bù · terror, fear; frighten; terrified

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2–4–3–4 · Bai2 se4 kong3 bu4

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baak6 sik1 hung2 bou3

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white terror

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(historical) White Terror (the suppression of political dissidents in Taiwan by the Kuomintang (1949–1987))
the erosion of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong under Chinese rule

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