"Gang of Four" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Calque of Chinese 四人幫/四人帮 (sìrénbāng). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|四人幫|tr=sìrénbāng}} 四人幫/四人帮 (sìrénbāng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Gang of Four}} Gang of Four
  1. (China, historical, politics) A leftist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party officials that came to prominence during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Tags: China, historical Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: gang of four Related terms: Gang of Six, Gang of Eight Translations (leftist political faction): عِصَابَة الْأَرْبَعَة (alt: ʕiṣāba(t) al-ʔarbaʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), 四人幫 (Chinese Mandarin), 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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