肃反运动 sù fǎn yùn dòng

DEFINITIONS

  1. purge of counterrevolutionaries (esp. Mao's purge of hidden counterrevolutionaries 1955-56 and Stalin's Great Purge 1936-38)

CHARACTERS

肃 sù pay respects; reverently
反 fǎn reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
运 yùn run; simplified form of 運 luck, fortune; ship, transport
动 dòng move, happen; movement, action