半封建半殖民地 bàn fēng jiàn bàn zhí mín dì

DEFINITIONS

  1. semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)

CHARACTERS

半 bàn half
封 fēng letter, envelope; feudal
建 jiàn build, establish, erect, found
半 bàn half
殖 zhí breed, spawn; increase; prosper
民 mín people, subjects, citizens
地 dì earth; soil, ground; region