三反

Chinese

		three	wrong side out or up; anti-
trad. (三反)		三	反
simp. #(三反)		三	反

Etymology

Abbreviation of 反貪污 (fǎn tānwū, “anti-corruption”), 反浪費 (fǎn làngfèi, “anti-waste”)and 反官僚主義 (fǎn guānliáo zhǔyì, “anti-bureaucracy”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānfǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄈㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ faan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānfǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄈㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanfǎn
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-fan³
    • Yale: sān-fǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanfaan
    • Palladius: саньфань (sanʹfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ faan²
    • Yale: sāam fáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ faan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ faːn³⁵/

Proper noun

三反

1. (～運動) (historical) The Three-anti Campaign (campaign against corruption, waste, and bureaucracy launched by the Communist Party of China in 1951)

   • 在一九五二年「三反」運動中，我們反對過貪污、浪費和官僚主義，而著重在反對貪污。 [MSC, trad.]
     在一九五二年「三反」运动中，我们反对过贪污、浪费和官僚主义，而着重在反对贪污。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zài 1952 nián “sānfǎn” yùndòng zhōng, wǒmen fǎnduìguò tānwū, làngfèi hé guānliáo zhǔyì, ér zhuózhòng zài fǎnduì tānwū. [Pinyin]

     During the movement against the "three evils" in 1952, we fought against corruption, waste and bureaucracy, with the emphasis on combating corruption.