Etymology

dazibao

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Today it means: A wall-mounted newspaper or similar, used as a form of protest, propaganda, and popular communication in China. Full definition →

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Transliteration from Mandarin 大字報/大字报 (dàzìbào, “big-character poster”) via Hanyu Pinyin.

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