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計劃生育

简计划生育 · 繁計劃生育

Mandarin · pinyin jì huà shēng yù

family planning

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生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
育: yù · produce, give birth to; educate
计: jì · plan, plot; stratagem; scheme
划: huà · to row or paddle boat; to scratch

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4–4–1–4 · ji4 hua4 sheng1 yu4

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noun

family planning, specifically the one-child policy of PRC

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