| 打麻雀运动 |
Dǎ Má què Yùn dòng |
the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大跃进 aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 "since then") |
| 麻 |
má |
hemp (variant of 麻) |
| 麻 |
Má |
surname Ma |
| 麻 |
má |
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:缕 / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb |
| 麻雀 |
má què |
sparrow / (dialect) mahjong |
| 雀 |
qiāo |
a freckle / lentigo |
| 雀 |
què |
(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3] |
| 运 |
yùn |
to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate |
| 运动 |
yùn dòng |
to move / to exercise / sports / exercise / motion / movement / campaign / CL:场 |
| 动 |
dòng |
(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 动词, verb |