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肅反運動

简肃反运动 · 繁肅反運動

Mandarin · pinyin sù fǎn yùn dòng

purge of counterrevolutionaries (esp. Mao's purge of hidden counterrevolutionaries 1955-56 and Stalin's Great Purge 1936-38)

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肅: Look up this written character
反: fǎn · reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
運: Look up this written character
動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
肃: sù · pay respects; reverently
运: yùn · luck, fortune; ship, transport
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action

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4–3–4–4 · su4 fan3 yun4 dong4

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suk1 faan2 wan6 dung6

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noun

(communism) campaign to eliminate counterrevolutionaries

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