Cultural Revolution

noun

a radical sociopolitical movement in China c1966–71, led by Mao Zedong and characterized by military rule, terrorism, purges, restructuring of the educational system, etc. Compare Gang of Four, Red Guard.

Cultural Revolution

(in China) a mass movement (1965–68), in which the youthful Red Guard played a prominent part. It was initiated by Mao Tse-tung to destroy the power of the bureaucrats and to revolutionize the attitudes and behaviour of the people Also calledGreat Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Translation of Chinese wénhuà gémìng

The youth numbers are so huge, so I think there will be a cultural revolution sooner than we think.

But also, many of them have gone through the Cultural Revolution just like me.

Although within China it was acknowledged, the atrocity of the Cultural Revolution, it was not outside of China.

During the Cultural Revolution, he had to leave school to work in an oil factory.

During the enforced egalitarianism of the 1966–76 Cultural Revolution, very few ordinary citizens owned dogs.

The Cultural Revolution was still in motion as of the early months of 1970.

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