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兩彈一星

简两弹一星 · 繁兩彈一星

Mandarin · pinyin liǎng dàn yī xīng

(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)

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兩: liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce
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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
星: xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
两: liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce
弹: dàn · pellet, bullet, shot, shell

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3–4–1–1 · liang3 dan4 yi1 xing1

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loeng5 daan2 jat1 sing1

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Two Bombs, One Satellite (nuclear weapon, missile and satellite), the early nuclear and space project of the People's Republic of China