打麻雀運動

简 打麻雀运动 · 繁 打麻雀運動
Mandarin · pinyin Dǎ Má què Yùn dòng

Meanings

  1. the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進 Dà yuè jìn aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows
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打
dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
麻
má · hemp, jute, flax; sesame; Kangxi radical 200
雀
què · sparrow
運
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動
dòng · move, happen; movement, action
运
yùn · luck, fortune; ship, transport
动
dòng · move, happen; movement, action
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3–2–4–4–4 · Da3 Ma2 que4 Yun4 dong4

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daa2 maa4 zoek2 wan6 dung6

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Exact source record打麻雀運動 打麻雀运动 [Da3 Ma2 que4 Yun4 dong4] /the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进[Da4 yue4 jin4] aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows/