| 抓大放小 |
zhuā dà fàng xiǎo |
(PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level |
| 抓 |
zhuā |
to grab / to catch / to arrest / to snatch / to scratch |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 放 |
fàng |
to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks) |
| 小 |
xiǎo |
small / tiny / few / young |