jiàn guó
to found a country
nation-building
the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
Péng Dé huái
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
Bái Qiú ēn
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
Jiāng Qīng
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
Máo Zé dōng
Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader
Yáng Kāi huì
Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
Máo Dùn
Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
Shǎn běi
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
Máo zhǔ xí
Chairman Mao
Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader
Hè Zǐ zhēn
He Zizhen (1910-1984), Mao Zedong's third wife
Máo Zé dōng sī xiǎng
Mao Zedong Thought
Maoism
jiě fàng zhàn zhēng
War of Liberation (1945-49), when 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
Jīn mào Dà shà
Jin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai
Máo Suì zì jiàn
Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)
Wáng Míng
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
Chūn cán
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
Mào xiàn
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[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
Ā lái
Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"
bǎi huā qí fàng , bǎi jiā zhēng míng
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
jiǎo zi
one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
zhěng fēng yùn dòng
Rectification campaign
political purge
cf Mao's 1942-44 campaign at Yanan, and his 1950 and 1957 anti-rightist purges
zhèng què chǔ lǐ rén mín nèi bù máo dùn
On the correct handling of internal contradictions among the people, Mao Zedong's tract of 1957
Máo Dùn Wén xué jiǎng
Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
Máo Yǐ shēng
Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
sù fǎn
purge of counter-revolutionary elements (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57)
abbr. for 肅清反革命份子|肃清反革命分子
méi mao hú zi yī bǎ zhuā
careless
any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
Liú Bīn yàn
Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer
huǒ shāo méi mao
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
extreme emergency
mào xiǎn zhǔ yì
adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)
fǎn yòu yùn dòng
anti-right movement, Mao's purge of 1957
Xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì lùn
On new democracy, by Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东
Máo Suì
Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自薦|毛遂自荐[Mao2 Sui4 zi4 jian4]
lǎo sān piān
Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established
xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu
Modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you drop behind (favorite slogan of Mao Zedong)
Zhāng Róng
Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] 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[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
sù fǎn yùn dòng
purge of counter-revolutionary elements (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57)
abbr. for 肅反肅清反革命份子|肃清反革命分子运动
zhōng shān fú
Chinese tunic suit
Mao jacket
CL:件[jian4]
jiǎo piào
banknote in Jiao units (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
Máo Zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi
Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
zuǒ qīng jī huì zhǔ yì
leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927)
left adventurism
cf Mao's purges following 1935 Zunyi conference 遵義會議|遵义会议[Zun1 yi4 hui4 yi4]
Táng Shāng Dì
Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂[Lǐ Chóng mào] (c. 695-715), reigned 710
zōng suō māo
variant of 棕蓑貓|棕蓑猫[zōng sūo māo]
sù qīng fǎn gé mìng fèn zǐ
purge of counter-revolutionaries (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57)
abbr. to 肅反|肃反
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