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

HSK 5
Tāmen shì gǎigé kāifàng de xiānfēngduì.
They were the vanguard of the reform and opening up.
HSK 7-9
Zhōngguó Shàonián Xiānfēngduì jiǎnchēng Shào xiān duì.
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 (红领巾). 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