公社 (gōng shè) — commune (a collective community, especially the People's Commune in Mao-era China)
Definition
A collective rural community where members farm, work, and share resources together. In modern Chinese usage the term usually refers to the People's Communes (人民公社) of 1958–1980s Mao-era China; 原始公社 is the anthropological 'primitive commune'.
noun
commune (a collective community, especially the People's Commune in Mao-era China)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 1958，公社。1958 Nián, zhōng guó nóng cūn kāi shǐ jiàn lì rén mín gōng shè.In 1958, rural China began establishing People's Communes.
- 公社，。Zhè ge gōng shè de chéng yuán yì qǐ láo dòng, gòng xiǎng zī yuán.The members of this commune work together and share resources.
- 公社。Rén lèi xué jiā yán jiū le yuán shǐ gōng shè de shè huì jié gòu.Anthropologists have studied the social structure of primitive communes.
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