English Explanatory Dictionary

Long March

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army.

Word forms

Long March

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 長征 (chángzhēng).

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