black gang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫／黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.

Noun

black gang (plural black gangs)

(politics, historical, derogatory) propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against opponents
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black,‎ gang. (i.e. one with racially black members)

See also

black gangster

Further reading

黑帮 (文革) on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Kwok-sing Li (1995), “Hei bang 黑幫 (Black gang)”, in , Mary Lok, transl., A glossary of political terms of the People's Republic of China, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, page 148

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