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鬥私批修

简斗私批修 · 繁鬥私批修

Mandarin · pinyin dòu sī pī xiū

fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)

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鬥: Look up this written character
私: sī · private, personal; secret
批: pī · comment, criticize; wholesale
修: xiū · study; repair; cultivate
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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4–1–1–1 · dou4 si1 pi1 xiu1

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(Maoism) to fight selfishness and criticize revisionism

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