hongweibing
Syllables: hong·wei·bing
hongweibing noun: a red guard, a member of a mass movement of civilians, mostly students and other young people in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution.
Noun
hongweibing (plural hongweibing)
- A red guard, a member of a mass movement of civilians, mostly students and other young people in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution.
- The Chinese are hastily obliterating all traces of hongweibing pogroms in Moslem mosques and other holy places. Mao's successors have been clamouring for Moslems to preserve the Islamic cultural heritage. The blame for all the excesses in the Islamic policy has been heaped upon the "gang of four"...1981, Far Eastern Affairs, number 4, Moscow: Progress Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 125
Forms of hongweibing
| plural | hongweibing |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hungweiping |
| alternative form | hung-wei-ping |
| alternative form | hung wei ping |
Origin of hongweibing
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅衛兵 /红卫兵 (hóngwèibīng, “red defense soldier; red guard”).
Questions about hongweibing
- What does hongweibing mean?
- Hongweibing means a red guard, a member of a mass movement of civilians, mostly students and other young people in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution.
- What part of speech is hongweibing?
- Hongweibing is a noun.
- What is the plural of hongweibing?
- The plural of hongweibing is hongweibing.
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