Mao Zedong

[ mou zuh-doong, dzuh-; Chinese mou -zuh-dawng ]

/ ˈmaʊ zəˈdʊŋ, dzə-; Chinese ˈmaʊ ˈzʌˈdɔŋ /

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1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.

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Also Wade-Giles, Mao Tse-tung

[mou tsuh-toong, dzuh-doong; Chinese mou -dzuh-doong]. /ˈmaʊ tsəˈtʊŋ, dzəˈdʊŋ; Chinese ˈmaʊ ˈdzʌˈdʊŋ/.

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How to use Mao Zedong in a sentence

It was first introduced by revolutionary leader Mao Zedong but has now been taken up as the defining mantra of a new era as imagined by current strongman President Xi Jinping.
Why 'Common Prosperity’ Has China’s Billionaires Running for Cover|Charlie Campbell / Shanghai|September 8, 2021|Time
China’s strongest leader since Mao Zedong was convinced that only aggressive subjugation could prevent China from following the USSR into balkanization along ethnic seams.
How Beijing Is Redefining What It Means to Be Chinese, from Xinjiang to Inner Mongolia|CHARLIE CAMPBELL/SHANGHAI|July 12, 2021|Time
In 1967, Mao Zedong launched Project 523, a national program for malarial treatment research.
China becomes the largest country to officially eradicate malaria|Monroe Hammond|July 1, 2021|Popular-Science
As it recovered from the chaos of the Cultural Revolution inflicted upon it by founding leader Mao Zedong, China adopted bold economic reforms starting in 1978.
Butterfly Effect: Chinese Communism Turns 100. Will It Live to 200?|Charu Kasturi|July 1, 2021|Ozy

Those facts, Paul said, indicated that Chairman Mao was a tyrannical monster whose people lived “in abject slavery.”
The Secret to Rand Paul’s Foreign Policy: His Father|W. James Antle III|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or the flier who jumped from the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai and slammed into an air conditioning unit on a roof.
The High-Flying Secrets of BASE Jumpers|William O’Connor|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You write a lot about Hitler versus Stalin or Hitler versus Mao.
Ron Rosenbaum on Hitler, Hollywood, and Quantifying Evil|William O’Connor|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Was he a Chinese army general under Chairman Mao who had it prepared for him every day before he went into battle?
‘The Search for General Tso’: The Origins of America’s Favorite Chinese Dish, General Tso’s Chicken|Marlow Stern|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even while Hitler and Mao still captivate the popular imagination, one of the great monsters of the 20th century recedes.
Why the World Cannot Forget Stalin|Paul Johnson|February 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mao kindled a fire of broom upon the broad paving-stones, and began to pray.
Breton Legends|Anonymous
Mao in vain besought the giant not to leave him there to perish in so horrible a manner.
Breton Legends|Anonymous
About eighteen hundred years ago there was a man named Mao, who entertained a friend, one Koh, and kept him to spend the night.
Harper's Young People, November 23, 1880|Various
Early on the following morning Mao killed a fowl for breakfast, and Mr. Koh flattered himself that it was for him.
Harper's Young People, November 23, 1880|Various
Mao's little Red Book was distributed free to everyone in China.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin

Cultural definitions for Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

[ (mowd-zuh-doong) ]

A Chinese revolutionary leader of the twentieth century. He led an army of workers and peasants on the Long March in the 1920s and used guerrilla warfare techniques successfully on both the Japanese invaders and the forces of the Chinese government under Chiang Kai-shek. In 1949, his armies took over the country and established the People's Republic of China. Mao continued as chairman of China's Communist party and as premier. His “Little Red Book,” Quotations from Chairman Mao, was standard reading for schoolchildren of the country. Toward the end of his life, he brought about the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, in which all capitalist or elitist culture was to be purged. Mao died in 1976.