"Little Red Book" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Little Red Book [canonical]
Etymology: Both for the book's red colour, and because red is the traditional colour of Communism. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Little Red Book}} the Little Red Book
  1. Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, a book widely distributed in Communist China. Categories (topical): Books, Chinese politics, Communism, Nicknames Categories (place): China Translations (Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung): 紅寶書 (Chinese Mandarin), 红宝书 (Hóng Bǎo Shū) (Chinese Mandarin), 毛語錄 (Chinese Mandarin), 毛语录 (Máoyǔlù) (Chinese Mandarin), Rode Boekje [neuter] (Dutch), Citaten van voorzitter Mao Zedong [common-gender] (Dutch), Citaten van Voorzitter Mao Tse-Toeng [common-gender] (Dutch), Pieni punainen kirja (Finnish), Mao-Bibel [feminine] (German), Kleines Rotes Buch (english: less often) [neuter] (German), Maos lilla röda (Swedish), Hồng bảo thư (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Little_Red_Book-en-name-nzDyAl-u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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