十四五 (shí sì wǔ) — the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025)

Definition

Short name for China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025), a national economic and development blueprint issued in 2021. Used as a time period ("during 十四五") or as an adjective ("十四五规划").

numeral
the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025)

Examples

  • 十四五。
    shí sì wǔ Guī huà tí chū le xīn de fā zhǎn mù biāo.
    The 14th Five-Year Plan proposed new development goals.
  • 十四五，。
    shí sì wǔ Qī jiān, zhōng guó jiāng dà lì fā zhǎn lǜ sè jīng jì.
    During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China will vigorously develop the green economy.
  • 十四五。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù shì shí sì wǔ de zhòng diǎn gōng chéng zhī yī.
    This project is one of the key projects of the 14th Five-Year Plan.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 四 was drawn as a nose breathing out. It later came to be used for the word four.

Open 四 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

An older form had a crossed mark between a top bar and a bottom bar. The modern 五 keeps those bars, while the original idea is uncertain.

Open 五 →

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