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gung ho  // Posts tagged as "gung ho"

12 Jan Posted by in What ? Words | Comments

What ? Words: Gung Ho

What ? Words: Gung Ho

This unofficial motto of the US Marine Corps is an abbreviation for the Mandarin Gongye Hezhoushe, or industrial cooperative. The term was used in China, starting in 1938, to refer to small, industrial operations that were being established in rural China to replace the industrial centers that had been captured by the Japanese. The phrase ...

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