- lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation; cutting the Gordian knot
- to steer (a ship)
- to win; to gain
- 工农 Gōng nóng: 工农 Gong1 nong2: see 工農區|工农区[Gong1 nong2 Qu1]工农 gōng nóng: 工农 gong1 nong2: workers and peasants
- mass; multitude; the masses
- all new; completely new
- one's perspective on morality
- to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
- to degenerate; to deteriorate; (of food) to go bad; to go off; (geology) metamorphism
- incorruptible; unbribable; honest
- to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)
- people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign
- labor union; trade union
- see 中山市[Zhong1 shan1 Shi4]; see 中山區|中山区[Zhong1 shan1 Qu1]; Nakayama (Japanese surname); see 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1]
- employee; staff member; worker
- to open fire; to start shooting; to light the flame (for cooking)
- meeting place; place where people gather; CL:個|个[ge4]
- thunderous applause (idiom)
- all speaking together; in chorus
- to shout loudly
- to beat back; to repel; to repulse
- the capitalist class; the bourgeoisie
- 赵 zhào: 赵 zhao4: to surpass (old)赵 Zhào: 赵 Zhao4: surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
- to mobilize; mobilization; CL:次[ci4]
- to respond to; answer; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
- to call; to appeal
- brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless
- to be on the alert; vigilant; alert; on guard; to warn
- small number; few; minority
- to purchase; to buy; to bribe; to buy off
- to threaten; to menace
- to use gain as a lure
- to incite disharmony; to instigate
- office worker; staff member; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- to unite; unity; solidarity; united
- proletariat
- slogan; catchphrase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering; fig. gigantic; of spectacular significance