流 氓 无 产 者

liú máng wú chǎn zhědictionary entry

lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)

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流氓無產者流氓无产者 [liu2 mang2 wu2 chan3 zhe3] /lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)/

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Other forms in these source records: 流氓無產者

流
liú
to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade
氓
máng
used in 流氓[liú máng]
méng
(literary) common people
无
mó
used in 南無|南无[nā mó]
wú
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
产
chǎn
to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property
者
zhě
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hòu] or 前[qián] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this

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