Gang of Four

gang of four English Alternative forms en gang of four Etymology en zh - 四人幫 sìrénbāng. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gang of Four.wav Southern England Proper noun 1 Gang of Four en China historical politics A radical political faction composed of four Communist Party of China officials (Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, Wang Hongwen) that came to prominence during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. en 1977 Roxane Witke Comrade Chiang Ching Chiang Chʻing https://archive.org/details/comradechiangchi00witk/ w:Little, Brown and Company 0-316-94900-0 472 https://archive.org/details/comradechiangchi00witk/page/472/ Once control of the media was wrested from Mao's most strident defenders, the abusive language Chiang Ch'ing had used against her enemies over the years was hurled back at her. The verbal weapons borrowed from Lu Hsun backfired. "Ruthlessly beat the dog in the water," her enemies repeated as they vowed to fight the Gang of Four to the finish. Their claims to have been the standard-bearers of the much-exploited Lu Hsun were mocked. en https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1980-12-21_21_50 December 21, 1980 Along with 'gang of four' Mao's thought goes on trial in Peiping Free China Weekly XXI 50 Taipei 0016-0318 1 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1980-12-21_21_50 Chinese and Japanese scholars attending a symposium on the problems facing the Peiping regime Dec. 17 reached the conclusion that the trial of the "gang of four" and six other defendants in Peiping is actually a trial of Mao Tse-tung and his thought. en by extension Any influential (political) group having four members. en technology en Big Four four largest corporations of Big Tech Big Tech. en music An English post-punk band formed in 1976. Translations radical political faction Arabic: ar عِصَابَة الْأَرْبَعَة f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 四人幫 sìrénbāng Danish: da Firebanden c Dutch: nl Bende van Vier Finnish: fi neljän kopla French: fr bande des Quatre f German: de Viererbande f Greek: el συμμορία των τεσσάρων f Hindi: hi Hungarian: hu négyek bandája Japanese: ja 四人組 よにんぐみ, yoningumi Khmer: km បនទាំងបួន born teang bourn Norwegian: no firerbanden m Persian: fa Polish: pl banda czworga f Portuguese: pt Camarilha dos Quatro f, pt Bando dos Quatro m Russian: ru Ба́нда четырёх f Spanish: es Banda de los cuatro f Swedish: sv de fyras gäng n Thai: th แก๊งออฟโฟร์ gáeng òf foh Turkish: tr Dörtlü Çete Ukrainian: uk Vietnamese: vi Bè lũ bốn tên See also en Gang of Six en Gang of Eight Further reading Gang of Four (band) en Apple Inc. Chinese politics Communism Google History of China