右倾 (yòu qīng) — (politics) right deviation; conservative ideological tendency associated with right opportunism

Definition

A Marxist–Leninist political term for a 'right-leaning' ideological deviation — the conservative opposite of 左倾 ('left deviation'). Almost entirely a formal written term found in party/ideology texts.

noun
(politics) right deviationconservative ideological tendency associated with right opportunism
Easily confused

Examples

  • 右倾。
    Tā zài huì shàng bèi pī píng yǒu yòu qīng sī xiǎng.
    He was criticized at the meeting for having right-deviationist thinking.
  • 右倾。
    Lì shǐ shàng duō cì fǎn yòu qīng dòu zhēng yǐng xiǎng le dǎng de lù xiàn.
    Several anti-right-deviation struggles in history affected the party's line.
  • 右倾，。
    Wǒ men bù néng fàn yòu qīng cuò wù, yě bù néng fàn zuǒ qīng cuò wù.
    We must neither make right-deviation mistakes nor left-deviation mistakes.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

右yòuright
倾qīnglean

右 (right) and 倾 (lean) combine to mean a lean toward the right.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu右yòu
Same sound today

右 is made from 又, which supplied the sound, with 口 added as a distinguishing mark.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傾; 倾 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
頃
頃qǐng傾qīng
Same sound today

The traditional form 傾 combines 人 (man) with 頃, which gives the sound; 倾 is the simplified form of 傾.

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