两弹一星 liǎng dàn yī xīng

DEFINITIONS

  1. (China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)

CHARACTERS

两 liǎng two, both, pair, couple; ounce
弹 dàn pellet, bullet, shot, shell
一 yī one; a, an; alone
星 xīng a star, planet; any point of light