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人民公社化

rén mín gōng shè huàdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-f486d67f8e287748. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

人民公社化 人民公社化 [ren2 min2 gong1 she4 hua4] /collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)/

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Character information

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  • 人
  • 民
    mín

    (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country

    Mín

    surname Min

  • 公
    gōng

    public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

  • 社
    shè

    (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land

  • 化
    huā

    See the full entry for source details.

    huà

    to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化學|化学[huà xué]

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