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
trad. 大躍進
Also written 大躍進【Dà yuè jìn】
Characters in this word
3大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
跃
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to jump, to leap
- Pinyin
- yuè
- Traditional
- 躍
- Strokes
- 11
进
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to go forward, to advance, to go in, to enter, to put in, to submit, to take in, to admit, (math.) base of a number system, classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- Pinyin
- jìn
- Traditional
- 進
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 680 of 2500