工人阶级 (gōng rén jiē jí) — working class; proletariat
Definition
Refers to the social class of wage-earning workers — usually translated 'working class', with strong Marxist/political connotations in Chinese political writing. The 'proletariat' sense is the standard reading at this level.
noun
working classproletariat
Examples
- 工人阶级。gōng rén jiē jí Shì guó jiā de lǐng dǎo jiē jí.The working class is the leading class of the country.
- 工人阶级。Wǒ men yào wéi hù gōng rén jiē jí de hé fǎ quán yì.We must protect the legitimate rights and interests of the working class.
- 工人阶级。gōng rén jiē jí Zài shè huì zhǔ yì xiàn dài huà jiàn shè zhōng fā huī le jù dà zuò yòng.The working class has played a huge role in the socialist modernization drive.
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