red guard

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red guard^¹

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From red + guard.

noun red guards · Red Guard

A member of any of several organizations known as Red Guards or Red Guard. In Beijing, Red Guard assaults destroyed 4,922 of the capital’s 6,843 designated “places of cultural or historical interest.” The Forbidden City itself was reportedly saved only by Zhou Enlai’s personal intervention.
Similar: hongweibing

Red Guard^²

noun Red Guards

Alternative letter-case form of red guard

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noun Red Guards (China)

한국어	홍위병 hong'wibyeong
日本語	紅衛兵 kōeihei
中文	紅衛兵 /红卫兵 hóngwèibīng
Русский	хунвэйби́н xunvɛjbín, хунвейби́н xunvɛjbín, красногварде́ец krasnogvardéjec, кра́сный krásnyj, красноарме́ец krasnoarméjec
Tiếng Việt	hồng vệ binh

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@misc{red_guard_2026,
  title = {red guard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/red%20guard},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}