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四化

Mandarin · pinyin sì huà

abbr. for 四個現代化 sì gè xiàn dài huà, Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations

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四: sì · four
化: huà · change, convert, reform; -ize

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4–4 · si4 hua4

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sei3 faa3

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Four Modernizations (development ideology of the Communist Party of China)

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