红卫兵

Traditional form:

紅衛兵

Pinyin (reading):

Hóngwèibīng

Definitions:

• Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)

Characters:

• 红 - red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
• 卫 - to guard, to protect, to defend
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike

Traditional characters:

• 紅 - red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
• 衛 - to guard, to protect, to defend
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike