乒乓外交

pīngpāng wàijiāo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 ping-pong diplomacy, the 1971 exchange of table-tennis teams between China and the United States

Examples

HSK 3
乒乓外交发生在一九七一年。
Pīngpāng wàijiāo fāshēng zài yījiǔqīyī nián.
Ping-pong diplomacy took place in 1971.
HSK 6
Rénmen cháng yòng " xiǎoqiú zhuàndòng dàqiú " lái xíngróng pīngpāng wàijiāo.
People often sum up ping-pong diplomacy as 'the little ball moved the big ball'.

Tips

history
At the world championships in Nagoya in April 1971, the American player Glenn Cowan got onto the Chinese team's bus and was given a gift by 庄则栋. Days later China invited the US team to visit, and 尼克松's visit to China followed in February 1972.

Stroke Order

乒 pīng
乓 pāng
外 wài
交 jiāo