Great Leap Forward

English

Proper noun

the Great Leap Forward

1. (historical) A vast economic and social plan lasting from 1958 to 1961 which aimed to use the Chinese population to rapidly transform the People's Republic of China from a primarily agrarian economy by peasant farmers into a modern communist society through agriculturalization and industrialization.
2. A theoretical point in human evolution at which point complex tools, weapons, sculptures, etc. began to appear, supplanting previous primitive behaviour.

Translations

Great Leap Forward (in China)

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大躍進／大跃进 (zh) (Dàyuèjìn), 大跃进 (zh) (Dàyuèjìn)

• Czech: Velký skok vpřed m
• Finnish: suuri harppaus
• French: Grand Bond en avant m
• German: Großer Sprung nach vorn m
• Italian: Grande balzo in avanti m
• Japanese: 大躍進政策 (だいやくしんせいさく, Daiyakushin-seisaku), 大躍進 (だいやくしん, Daiyakushin)
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• Korean: 대약진 (Daeyagjin) (大躍進)
• Mongolian: Их үсрэлтийн бодлого (Ix üsreltiin bodlogo)
• Polish: Wielki skok naprzód m
• Portuguese: Grande Salto Adiante m
• Russian: Большо́й скачо́к m (Bolʹšój skačók)
• Spanish: Gran Salto Adelante m
• Swedish: stora språnget n
• Uyghur: چوڭ سەكرەش (chong sekresh), چوڭ سەكرەپ ئىلگىرىلەش (chong sekrep ilgirilesh)
• Vietnamese: Đại nhảy vọt