三北防護林 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 三北防护林 sānběifánghùlín ㄙㄢ ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ Green Wall of China, a massive afforestation program on the eastern margin of the Gobi Desert aimed at stopping the desert's expansion, started in 1978 and planned to be completed by 2050 Character by character 三(sān)surname San 北(běi)north 防(fáng)protect 護(hù)protect 林(lín)surname Lin A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0