大躍進 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 大跃进 dàyuèjìn ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies Character by character 大(dà)big 躍(yuè)jump 進(jìn)go forward A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0