毛主席语录

毛主席語錄
Máo Zhǔxí Yǔlù
proper noun

Measure Word

毛主席语录 běn

Meanings

  1. 1 Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung
  2. 2 the 'Little Red Book'

Examples

Wéngé shíqī rénrén shǒu pěng Máozhǔxí yǔlù.
During the Cultural Revolution, everyone held the Quotations of Chairman Mao.
Máozhǔxí yǔlù zài liùqīshí niándài bèi fānyì chéng duōzhǒng yǔyán.
Quotations from Chairman Mao was translated into many languages in the 60s and 70s.

Tips

history
Compiled by Lin Biao 林彪 in 1964 for the PLA, the pocket-sized red-vinyl book became mandatory reading in the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). Print runs are estimated above one billion copies - among the most printed books in human history.

Stroke Order

máo
zhǔ