四大发明

Traditional form:

四大發明

Pinyin (reading):

sìdàfāmíng

Definitions:

• the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder

Characters:

• 四 - four
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light

Traditional characters:

• 四 - four
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 發 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light