先锋队

先鋒隊
xiānfēngduì
noun #35,379

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 vanguard
  2. 2 pioneer corps
  3. 3 (Communist) Pioneer organization

Examples

Tāmen shì gǎigé kāifàng de xiānfēngduì.
They were the vanguard of the reform and opening up.
Zhōngguó Shàonián Xiānfēngduì jiǎnchēng Shàoxiānduì.
The Young Pioneers of China is abbreviated as the Young Pioneers.

Tips

culture
Politically loaded in Chinese contexts: 中国少年先锋队 (Young Pioneers of China) is the Party-led youth organization for primary-school children, who wear red scarves (). The Communist Party itself is often called 工人阶级先锋队 ("the vanguard of the working class") in Party theory.

Stroke Order

xiān
fēng
duì