计划生育 (jì huà shēng yù) — (noun) family planning (as a national policy, especially in China); (noun) birth control (in the context of population regulation)
Definition
Refers specifically to China's state-imposed one-child / family-planning policy. Today, 政策 has been relaxed to allow two and three children, but the phrase still carries this political-historical weight.
noun
family planning (as a national policy, especially in China)birth control (in the context of population regulation)
Examples
- 计划生育，。Zhōng guó shí xíng le duō nián de jì huà shēng yù zhèng cè, xiàn zài yǐ fàng kuān wèi èr hái zhèng cè.China implemented the family planning policy for many years, and has now relaxed it to a two-child policy.
- 计划生育。jì huà shēng yù Duì kòng zhì rén kǒu zēng zhǎng qǐ le hěn dà zuò yòng.Family planning played a major role in controlling population growth.
- 计划生育。Hěn duō nián qīng rén bú zài shòu jiù jì huà shēng yù sī xiǎng de shù fù.Many young people are no longer bound by the old family planning mentality.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head
The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.
计划 conveys planning, while 生育 conveys birth and rearing, giving the idea of planned birth and rearing.
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