批斗 in English pi1 dou4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to drag somebody before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (particularly during the Cultural Revolution)

Simplified Characters

批 斗

Traditional Characters

批 鬥

Pinyin

pi1 dou4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

批pi1to ascertain 斗dou4abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]