放卫星
Traditional form:
放衛星
Pinyin (reading):
fàngwèixīng
Definitions:
- to launch a satellite
- (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success
- (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims
- to talk big
Characters:
- 放 - to release, to liberate, to free
- 卫 - to guard, to protect, to defend
- 星 - star, planet; a point of light
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