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改革開放

简改革开放 · 繁改革開放

Mandarin · pinyin gǎi gé kāi fàng

reform and opening up (Chinese policy introduced in 1978)

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改: gǎi · change, alter; improve, remodel
革: gé · leather, animal hides; Kangxi radical 177; hexagram ䷰
開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
放: fàng · put, release, free, liberate
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start

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3–2–1–4 · gai3 ge2 kai1 fang4

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China's Economic Reform; China's Reform and Opening Up

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