糖衣炮弹

Traditional: 糖衣炮彈

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Dictionary entry

sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences

What does 糖衣炮弹 mean?

糖衣炮弹 (táng yī pào dàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences

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糖tángsugar · sweets 衣yīclothes · CL:件[jian4]炮bāoto sauté · to fry 弹dàncrossball · bullet

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