两弹一星

Traditional form:

兩彈一星

Pinyin (reading):

liǎngdànyīxīng

Definitions:

• (China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)

Characters:

• 两 - two, both, pair, couple; ounce
• 弹 - bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 星 - star, planet; a point of light

Traditional characters:

• 兩 - two, both, pair, couple; ounce
• 彈 - bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 星 - star, planet; a point of light