海瑞罢官
hǎi​ruì​bà​guān

Hai Rui Dismissed from Office

  • created sense approved 海瑞罢官/海瑞罷官 · hǎi​ruì​bà​guān · Hai Rui Dismissed from Office — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    海瑞罢官 / 海瑞罷官

    hǎi​ruì​bà​guān

    Hai Rui Dismissed from Office

    A historical play written by [[吴晗|吳晗|wu2 han2]] in 1960. It tells the story of the honest Ming official [[海瑞|海瑞|hai3 rui4]] being fired for challenging power; its criticism by the Communist Party served as the opening act of the Cultural Revolution.

    海瑞 (literal) → 海瑞 · hǎi​ruì · Hai Rui 罢官 (literal) → 罢官/罷官 · bà​guān · to dismiss from office

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