单词 | Democracy Wall |
释义 | Democracy Wallnow historical noun A wall in Beijing, China, on which people placed posters, letters, poems, etc., criticizing the communist government and calling for the adoption of democratic reform; (hence) the democracy movement that arose from this in 1978; frequently attributive, especially in Democracy Wall Movement.
Origin1970s; earliest use found in The Washington Post. After Chinese mínzhǔ qiáng from mínzhǔ democracy + qiáng wall. |
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