打麻雀运动 dǎ má què yùn dòng

DEFINITIONS

  1. the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进[Da4 yue4 jin4] aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows

CHARACTERS

打 dǎ
HSK 1
strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
麻 má
HSK 4
hemp, jute, flax; sesame
雀 què
HSK 6
sparrow
运 yùn
HSK 2
run; simplified form of 運 luck, fortune; ship, transport
动 dòng
HSK 2
move, happen; movement, action