Long March

noun

1. the 6,000-mile (9,654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist Party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934–35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.

Long March

noun

1. a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey

Long March

1. An important event in the history of the Chinese communists. Driven from southern and eastern China by Chiang Kai-shek at the end of the 1920s, the communist leader Mao Zedong led his forces on a long march to safety in the northwest part of China. From there, they staged attacks on the Japanese invaders and eventually on Chinese government troops — attacks that led to their conquest of China in 1949.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Long March¹

First recorded in 1935–40; translation of Chinese chángzhēng

Example Sentences

She missed the long march from the dormitories to the dining hall every morning, during which the girls bellowed the school song with great feeling and even greater volume, in order to wake themselves up.

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Penelope, too, had been using the occasion of their long march into the woods to review some of the finer points of the English language.

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The left hopes the GOP stays politically traumatized so it can continue its long march toward government-run care.

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Meanwhile, China’s long march to dominate the production and refining of rare-earth minerals has given Mr. Xi an important card to play in the U.S. trade war.

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Tragically, the model weakened as universities became the first stop on progressives’ “long march through the institutions,” which destroyed the free exchange of ideas.

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