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BAMBOO CURTAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bamboo curtain mean?
• BAMBOO CURTAIN (noun)
The noun BAMBOO CURTAIN has 1 sense:
1. an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s
Familiarity information: BAMBOO CURTAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bamboo curtain" is a kind of...):
ideological barrier (a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies)
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