prop. n. The leader of the Chinese communist party and later of the People's Republic of China; b. 1893, d. 1976. Also referred to a simply Mao. [ Also spelled Mao Tse-Tung. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[解放战争 / 解放戰爭, jiě fàng zhàn zhēng, ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄤˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ]War of Liberation (1945-49), when the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石#23179[Add to Longdo]
[救星, jiù xīng, ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ]lit. saving star (cf star of Bethlehem in biblical nativity story); fig. savior (individual or organization); liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor; cf Mao Zedong in north Shaanxi folk song The East is red 東方紅|东方红#31475[Add to Longdo]
[只见树木,不见森林 / 祇見樹木,不見森林, zhǐ jiàn shù mù, bù jiàn sēn lín, ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ]only see the trees, but not see the forest (成语 saw, from Mao Zedong, On contradictions 毛澤東|毛泽东, 矛盾論|矛盾论); to concentrate on minutiae at the expense of the big picture[Add to Longdo]