放衛星

1. • to launch a satellite
2. • (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success

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3. • to make exaggerated claims

     later used sarcastically

4. • to talk big

Character by character

• 放(fàng)put
• 衛(wèi)surname Wei
• 星(xīng)star