dazibao

See also: dàzìbào

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 大字報／大字报 (dàzìbào, “big-character poster”).

Noun

dazibao (plural dazibaos or dazibao)

1. A wall-mounted newspaper or similar, used as a form of protest, propaganda, and popular communication in China.
   • 2008 May 18, Fred A. Bernstein, “A Home as Quirky as Life Itself”, in The New York Times:

     There are also artifacts like a poster called a dazibao, from 1968. The big Chinese characters on the poster form political slogans and names of public enemies. The names crossed off in red represent people who were executed, Ms. Shannon said.

Translations

big-character poster

• Arabic: دَازِيبَاو m (dazibāw)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大字報／大字报 (zh) (dàzìbào), 大字报 (zh) (dàzìbào)

• Finnish: seinälehti
• French: dazibao (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: tacepao
• Japanese: 大字報 (だいじほう, daijihō)
• Korean: 대자보 (ko) (daejabo) (大字報 (ko))
• Russian: дацзыба́о (ru) f (daczybáo) (indeclinable)
• Vietnamese: đại tự báo (大字報)

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Italian

Noun

dazibao m (uncountable)

1. dazibao