紅五類 hóng wǔ lèi

DEFINITIONS

  1. the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs

CHARACTERS

紅 hóng red, vermillion; blush, flush
五 wǔ five; surname
類 lèi class, group, kind, category