专政 (zhuān zhèng) — (noun) dictatorship; (verb) to exercise dictatorship over

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Examples

• 人民民主专政是中国特色社会主义的重要制度。
  Rén mín mín zhǔ zhuān zhèng shì zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì de zhòng yào zhì dù.
  People's democratic dictatorship is an important system of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
• 国家必须对犯罪分子实行专政。
  Guó jiā bì xū duì fàn zuì fèn zǐ shí xíng zhuān zhèng.
  The state must exercise dictatorship over criminals.
• 这个国家的专政制度已经持续了几十年。
  Zhè ge guó jiā de zhuān zhèng zhì dù yǐ jīng chí xù le jǐ shí nián.
  This country's dictatorship system has lasted for several decades.

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