两弹一星 Chinese English dictionary 两弹一星 translate 两弹一星 pinyin

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两弹一星

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
两弹一星 liǎngdànyīxīng	两弹一星 \| 两弹一星* \| *两弹一星	(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)	兩彈一星

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
两	两 \| 两* \| *两	7画一 + 6	liǎng, liàng	two, both, pair, couple; ounce	loeng5	兩 1022 MOOB


弹	弹 \| 弹* \| *弹	11画弓 + 8	dàn, tán	pellet, bullet, shot, shell	daan6	彈 1825 NCWJ


一	一 \| 一* \| *一	1画一 + 0	yī	one; a, an; alone	jat1	1000.0 M


星	星 \| 星* \| *星	9画日 + 5	xīng	a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)	sing1	6010.4 AHQM

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
两弹一星 liǎngdànyīxīng	两弹一星 \| 两弹一星* \| *两弹一星	(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)


两 liǎng	两 \| 两* \| *两	two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old)


弹　dàn	弹 \| 弹* \| *弹	crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball


弹　tán	弹 \| 弹* \| *弹	to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)


一　　yī	一 \| 一* \| *一	one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit


星　　　xīng	星 \| 星* \| *星	star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount