"Gang of Four" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the Gang of Four [canonical], gang of four [alternative]
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 四人幫/四人帮 (sìrénbāng). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque from Chinese, {{zh-l|四人幫|tr=sìrénbāng}} 四人幫/四人帮 (sìrénbāng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Gang of Four}} the Gang of Four
  1. (China, historical, politics) A radical political faction composed of four Communist Party of China officials that came to prominence during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Tags: China, historical Translations (radical political faction): عِصَابَة الْأَرْبَعَة (alt: ʕiṣāba(t) al-ʔarbaʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), 四人幫 /四人帮 (sìrénbāng) (Chinese Mandarin), Firebanden [common-gender] (Danish), Bende van Vier (Dutch), neljän kopla (Finnish), bande des Quatre [feminine] (French), Viererbande [feminine] (German), συμμορία των τεσσάρων (symmoría ton tessáron) [feminine] (Greek), négyek bandája (Hungarian), 四人組 (yoningumi) (alt: よにんぐみ) (Japanese), បនទាំងបួន (born teang bourn) (Khmer), firerbanden [masculine] (Norwegian), banda czworga [feminine] (Polish), Camarilha dos Quatro [feminine] (Portuguese), Bando dos Quatro [masculine] (Portuguese), Ба́нда четырёх (Bánda četyrjóx) [feminine] (Russian), Banda de los cuatro [feminine] (Spanish), de fyras gäng [neuter] (Swedish), แก๊งออฟโฟร์ (gáeng òf foh) (Thai), Dörtlü Çete (Turkish), Bè lũ bốn tên (Vietnamese)
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  2. (by extension) Any influential (political) group having four members. Tags: broadly
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  3. (by extension) Any influential (political) group having four members.
    (technology) Synonym of Big Four (“four largest corporations of Big Tech”)
    Tags: broadly Synonyms: Big Four [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: Gang of Six, Gang of Eight
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  4. (music) An English post-punk band formed in 1976.
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