大跃进
Traditional form:
大躍進
Pinyin (reading):
Dàyuèjìn
Definitions:
- Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
Characters:
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 跃 - to skip, to jump, to frolic
- 进 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
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