張志新 zhāng zhì xīn

DEFINITIONS

  1. Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, murdered in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979

CHARACTERS

張 zhāng stretch, extend, expand; sheet
志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals
新 xīn new, recent, fresh, modern