改革開放 gǎi gé kāi fàng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to reform and open to the outside world
  2. refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980

CHARACTERS

改 gǎi change, alter; improve, remodel
革 gé leather, animal hides; rad. 177
開 kāi open; initiate, begin, start
放 fàng put, release, free, liberate