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Little Red Book
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English
Etymology
In reference to the book's red colour, and because red is the traditional colour representing Communism.
Proper noun
Little Red Book 1
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, a book widely distributed in Communist China.
Translations
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 紅寶書 Hóng Bǎo Shū, cmn 毛語錄
Danish: da
Dutch: nl Rode Boekje n, nl Citaten van voorzitter Mao Zedong c, nl Citaten van Voorzitter Mao Tse-Toeng c
Finnish: fi Pieni punainen kirja
French: fr Petit Livre rouge m, fr Citations du Président Mao Tse-Toung f-p, fr Les Plus Hautes Instructions f-p
German: de Mao-Bibel f, less often de Kleines Rotes Buch n
Italian: it
Japanese: ja
Korean: ko
Polish: pl Czerwona Książeczka f
Portuguese: pt
Russian: ru
Spanish: es Pequeño Libro Rojo m, es Libro Rojo de Mao m
Swahili: sw
Swedish: sv Maos lilla röda
Vietnamese: vi Hồng bảo thư, vi Mao ngữ lục
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