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单词 min yuen
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Min Yuenn.

Brit. /ˌmɪn ˈjwɛn/, /ˌmɪn jᵿˈwɛn/, U.S. /ˌmɪn ˈjwɛn/, /ˌmɪn jəˈwɛn/
Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese mínyùn.
Etymology: < Chinese mínyùn (Wade-Giles transcription min yuen; < mín the people + yùn motion, movement), more fully mínzhòng yùndòng popular mass movement ( < mínzhòng the masses + yùndòng movement).
Now historical.
An underground communist supply organization formed in Malaya during the Emergency (1948–60).
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society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > bands of guerrillas spec. > [noun]
Chouan1794
mujahidin1887
White Army1918
Palmach1943
maquis1944
Huk1947
Min Yuen1951
fedayeen1955
Viet Cong1957
VC1964
Victor Charlie1966
1951 Communist Banditry in Malaya (Federation of Malaya, Dept. Information) 9 During the year [sc. 1949] the main incidents were carried out by small gangs operating either as killer squads or as part of the Min Yuen Organization. It was the duty of this latter Organisation to arrange for the collection of food supplies and money from the local population, and for the dissemination of Communist propaganda.
1966 E. O'Ballance Malaya iv. 92 Supporting the insurgent army was the clandestine Min Yuen, an underground organisation that provided money, food, intelligence and communications.
1971 N. Barber War of Running Dogs ii. 32 The Min Yuen (which means ‘Masses Movement’),..consisted of ostensibly normal, innocent citizens who would in fact back up the army.
1985 J. Cloake Templer x. 259 The essential feature of the food control programme was to ensure that the villages and kampongs received only their rations, and consumed them, without the opportunity to pass food on to the Min Yuen collectors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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