/lin" byow"/
1907-71, Chinese marshal and Communist leader: defense minister 1959-71; leader of abortive coup 1971.
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['lin 'byou](also Lin Piao) (1908 - 71), Chinese communist statesman and general. Having been nominated to become Mao's successor in 1969, he staged an unsuccessful coup in 1971 and was reported to have been killed in a plane crash while fleeing to the Soviet Union
Useful english dictionary. 2012.