Dà yuè jìn

Traditional: 大躍進

大跃进 (Dà yuè jìn) is a Chinese word meaning “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”.

Meanings

  1. 1Great 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 in 大跃进

大dà · big; large; great跃yuè · to jump进jìn · to go forward

Related words

大big; large; great大see 大夫[dai4 fu5]进to go forward大家everyone进来to come in进去to go in进行(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway进入to enter大概roughly大学university大学the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism大人adult

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