Marxist-Leninist is the usual word for things — and people — that belong to Marxism-Leninism: the ideas of Marxism as Lenin explained them and added to them, including his belief in a tightly led party and in the “dictatorship of the proletariat” (government in the hands of industrial workers and poor farm workers, in that picture) as a step on the way to revolution.

Marxist-Leninist馬克思列寧主義的 is the usual word for是常用來指 things — and people —東西和人 that belong to Marxism-Leninism屬於馬克思列寧主義的 the ideas of Marxism馬克思主義的思想 as Lenin explained them and added to them是列寧解釋並補充過的 including his belief in a tightly led party包括他相信要有一個組織嚴密的政黨 and in the “dictatorship of the proletariat”以及相信『無產階級專政』 (government in the hands of industrial workers and poor farm workers, in that picture)（在這個構想裡，政府掌握在工業勞工和貧窮農民手中） as a step on the way to revolution是邁向革命的一步

In real English this spelling is almost never the name of the theory itself. The theory is Marxism-Leninism. This word is the -ist form: a Marxist-Leninist party, a Marxist-Leninist state, a Marxist-Leninist (a person who holds those ideas).

In real English實際上在真正的英語裡 this spelling這個拼法 is almost never幾乎從來不是 the name of the theory itself理論本身的名稱。The theory理論 is就是 Marxism-Leninism馬克思列寧主義。This word這個字 is the -ist form是「-ist」字尾的形式：a Marxist-Leninist party馬克思列寧主義政黨、a Marxist-Leninist state馬克思列寧主義國家、a Marxist-Leninist馬克思列寧主義者 (a person who holds those ideas)（抱持這些想法的人）

You will see it on the adjective side of a sentence far more than as a title on a book. Formal history and politics writing uses it; everyday chat in Taiwan is more likely to say 馬列 and not bother with the English shape.

You will see it你會看到它 on the adjective side of a sentence在句子裡當形容詞用 far more than遠比 as a title on a book當書名常見得多。Formal history and politics writing正式的歷史和政治寫作 uses it會用這個字；everyday chat in Taiwan台灣的日常對話 is more likely to say比較會說 馬列 and not bother with the English shape而不會用英文的寫法

The hyphen matters here too: it tells you the two names are working as one label, not as “Marxist, and also Leninist, maybe separately.”

The hyphen matters here too這裡的連字號也很重要：it tells you它告訴你 the two names兩個名稱 are working as one label是當作一個標籤在用，not as “Marxist, and also Leninist, maybe separately.”而不是「馬克思主義，然後又是列寧主義，可能各自分開」的意思