放卫星 in English fang4 wei4 xing1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to launch a satellite
  • (metaphorically) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, approximately 1958) to achieve prominent success
  • (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims
  • to talk big

Simplified Characters

放 卫 星

Traditional Characters

放 衛 星

Pinyin

fang4 wei4 xing1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

放fang4to put 卫wei4surname Wei 星xing1star