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  *冒* | 冒* | *冒
to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth) / to brave; to face / (bound form) reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign / (literary) to cover
HSK 5
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  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen )
HSK 1
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  *貓* | 貓* | *貓
cat (CL:隻|只) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem
HSK 2
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  *貿* | 貿* | *貿
commerce / trade
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
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  *冒* | 冒* | *冒
surname Mao
socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era
Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
lit. to keep ding (the fourth heavenly stem) distinct from mao (the fourth earthly branch) (idiom) / fig. meticulous / conscientious / unambiguous
Chairman Mao / Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
Mao Zedong (1893–1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935–1976
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  *茂* | 茂* | *茂
luxuriant / (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976
Mao Zedong Thought
people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign
Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
the "Little Red Book" of selected writings of Mao Zedong (refers to 毛主席語錄|毛主席语录)
Chinese tunic suit / Mao jacket / CL:
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
Selected Works of Mao Zedong (abbr. for 毛澤東選集|毛泽东选集)
Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
Chinese tunic suit, a jacket style introduced by Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 and often worn by Mao Zedong
Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定 "Red Poppies"
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  *帽* | 帽* | *帽
hat / cap
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  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
surname Mao
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  *冇* | 冇* | *冇
to not have (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 沒有|没有)
lit. the body is the revolution's capital / fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)
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  *㡌* | 㡌* | *㡌
old variant of
thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong
16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退敵駐我擾敵疲我打敵退我追|敌进我退敌驻我扰敌疲我打敌退我追 when the enemy advances we retreat; when the enemy makes camp we harass; when the enemy is exhausted we fight; and when the enemy retreats we pursue
Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet-trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956
one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
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  *貓* | 貓* | *貓
Selected Works of Mao Zedong
Marx, Lenin and Mao
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
banknote in Jiao units (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
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  *訣* | 訣* | *訣
to bid farewell / tricks of the trade / pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅 and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution
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  *眊* | 眊* | *眊
having poor eyesight
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  *貌* | 貌* | *貌
(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
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  *茅* | 茅* | *茅
surname Mao
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  *茅* | 茅* | *茅
reeds / rushes
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾
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  *泖* | 泖* | *泖
still water
Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on discussing mistakes of the CCP to be lifted
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  *芼* | 芼* | *芼
select / vegetables
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  *髳* | 髳* | *髳
bang (hair) / fashionable / mane
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  *瑁* | 瑁* | *瑁
(jade)
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  *耄* | 耄* | *耄
extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s) / octogenarian / nonagenarian
Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong
sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences
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  *袤* | 袤* | *袤
length / distance from north to south
He Zizhen (1910-1984), Mao Zedong's third wife
Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地
the eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong)
On New Democracy (1940), by Mao Zedong
Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu of the Warring states)
Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory & the Three Represents (abbr. for 毛澤東思想|毛泽东思想 + 鄧小平理論|邓小平理论 + 三個代表|三个代表)
Luo Yixiu (1889-1910), Mao Zedong's first wife
Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容, Jiangsu Province
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  *昴* | 昴* | *昴
the Pleiades
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  *氂* | 氂* | *氂
yak (Bos grunniens)
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  *鄮* | 鄮* | *鄮
ancient place name
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  *髦* | 髦* | *髦
bang (hair) / fashionable / mane
to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
the Great Helmsman (Mao Zedong)
statue of Chairman Mao Zedong (1893-1976) 毛澤東|毛泽东
Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th
Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu , see 毛遂自薦|毛遂自荐
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  *矛* | 矛* | *矛
spear / lance / pike
Mao County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
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  *鉚* | 鉚* | *鉚
to fasten with a rivet; to rivet / to hammer in a rivet / (coll.) to concentrate one's strength
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  *楙* | 楙* | *楙
Cydonia japonica
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  *瞀* | 瞀* | *瞀
indistinct vision / dim
purge of counterrevolutionaries (esp. Mao's purge of hidden counterrevolutionaries 1955-56 and Stalin's Great Purge 1936-38)
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
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  *旄* | 旄* | *旄
banner decorated with animal's tail
Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established
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  *毷* | 毷* | *毷
restless
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  *媢* | 媢* | *媢
envious
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  *冐* | 冐* | *冐
old variant of
HSK 5
Rectification campaign / political purge / cf Mao's 1942-44 campaign at Yanan, and his 1950 and 1957 anti-rightist purges
Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
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  *茆* | 茆* | *茆
type of water plant / (dialect) loess hills
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  *錨* | 錨* | *錨
anchor
Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer
sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences (abbr. for 糖衣炮彈|糖衣炮弹)
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  *蝐* | 蝐* | *蝐
see 蝳蝐
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  *蟊* | 蟊* | *蟊
Spanish fly / grain-eating grub
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  *酕* | 酕* | *酕
used in 酕醄

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