四个现代化 sì ge xiàn dài huà

DEFINITIONS

  1. Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology
  2. abbr. to 四化

CHARACTERS

四 sì four
个 ge numerary adjunct, piece; single
现 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible
代 dài replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation
化 huà change, convert, reform; -ize