卫兵 (wèibīng): guard

Measure Word

一个卫兵 gè

门口站着两个卫兵。

Ménkǒu zhàn zhe liǎng gè wèibīng.

Two guards are standing at the entrance.

卫兵拦住了他。

Wèibīng lánzhù le tā.

The guard stopped him.

history

红卫兵 (hóng wèibīng, Red Guards) were the student paramilitary groups during China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).

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