塔利班 (tǎ lì bān) — the Taliban (Islamist political group in Afghanistan)
Definition
塔利班 (Tǎlìbān) is a transliteration of 'Taliban' — the Islamist political movement that has ruled Afghanistan since the 1990s. It is a fixed proper noun, always capitalized in English equivalents.
noun
the Taliban (Islamist political group in Afghanistan)
Examples
- 塔利班。Ā fù hàn yǐ jīng bèi tǎ lì bān kòng zhì le èr shí nián.Afghanistan has been controlled by the Taliban for twenty years.
- 塔利班。Hěn duō guó jiā dōu bù chéng rèn tǎ lì bān zhèng fǔ.Many countries do not recognize the Taliban government.
- 塔利班。Zhè jǐ nián tǎ lì bān de zhèng cè yǐn qǐ le bù shǎo zhēng yì.In recent years, the Taliban's policies have sparked considerable controversy.
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