black gang
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫 (“gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.
Noun
black gang (plural black gangs)
- (politics, historical, derogatory) propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against opponents
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, gang. (i.e. one with racially black members)
See also
Further reading
黑帮 (文革) on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh- Kwok-sing Li (1995), “Hei bang 黑幫 (Black gang)”, in , Mary Lok, transl., A glossary of political terms of the People's Republic of China, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, page 148
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