红宝书 hóng bǎo shū

DEFINITIONS

  1. the "Little Red Book" of selected writings of Mao Zedong (refers to 毛主席語錄|毛主席语录[Mao2 Zhu3 xi2 Yu3 lu4])

CHARACTERS

红 hóng red, vermillion; blush, flush
宝 bǎo treasure, jewel; precious, rare
书 shū book, letter, document; writings