人民公社

people's commune

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

the people / CL:個|个[ge4]

surname Min

(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country

public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

commune

society / group / club / agency / (old) god of the land

(bound form) society; organization; agency / (old) god of the land

collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)