国防现代化 guó fáng xiàn dài huà

DEFINITIONS

  1. modernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations

CHARACTERS

国 guó
HSK 1
nation, country, nation-state
防 fáng
HSK 5
defend; prevent; embankment
现 xiàn
HSK 1
appear, manifest, become visible
代 dài
HSK 5
replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation
化 huà
HSK 3
change, convert, reform; -ize