红五类 hóng wǔ lèi

five favored groups in Cultural Revolution

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
red; popular; revolutionary
five; 5
kind; type; category