red book

British  

noun

1. (sometimes capitals) a government publication bound in red, esp the Treasury's annual forecast of revenue, expenditure, growth, and inflation

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Example Sentences

RedNote's Chinese name, Xiaohongshu, translates to Little Red Book, but the app says it is not a reference to Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong's book of quotations with the same name.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025

The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists Liolaemus forsteri, or the Forster’s tree iguana, as endangered, according to the Red Book of the Vertebrate Wildlife of Bolivia.

From National Geographic • Oct. 26, 2023

One saw much the same spectacle among some Western students in the 1960s, who waved around copies of Mao Zedong's Little Red Book.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2023

Back home, she completed her Red Book certification, the safety requirement that allows participants to compete in races.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Further information will also be found in the selection from the Red Book of Westmarch that has already been published, under the title of The Hobbit.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien