登月 (dēng yuè) — to land on the moon, to achieve a moon landing
Definition
Compound verb: 登 ('to ascend/land on') + 月 ('the moon'). Used for the full event of a spacecraft reaching and landing on the moon, not a single step.
verb
to land on the moonto achieve a moon landing
Examples
- 2019登月。Zhōng guó zài 2019 nián chéng gōng shí xiàn le shǒu cì dēng yuè.China successfully achieved its first moon landing in 2019.
- ，。Yǔ háng yuán zài yuè qiú shàng dēng le lù, yòu dēng le yuè.The astronauts landed on the moon and then walked on it.
- 2030。Rén lèi jì huà 2030 nián zhī qián zài cì dēng yuè.Humanity plans to land on the moon again before 2030.
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