Dazhai

• Tachai

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大寨 (Dàzhài).

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɑːˈd͡ʒaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Dazhai

1. A town in Xiyang, Jinzhong, Shanxi, China, formerly a township.
   • [1980, Ramon H. Myers, “The Development of the Socialist Economy”, in The Chinese Economy Past and Present‎^[1], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 216:

     In 1964 a new policy emerged, which continued until about 1978 within the context of greater state support to agriculture. The origins of the policy go back to February 1960 in Hsi-yang county and the small village of Ta-chai. In that year Ch’en Yung-kuei, the production team leader of Ta-chai, reported to the Shansi Communist Party Congress how his village had raised crop yields to unprecedentedly high and stable levels through a new kind of team spirit and organization.]

   • 2009 February 6, Tyra Dempster, Ben Blanchard, “"Sham glam" sweeps China as fakes get trendy”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 March 2023, Lifestyle‎^[3]:

     The term “shanzhai” also riffs off a popular Cultural Revolution era slogan about a model village, Dazhai, which has been changed to read: “In agriculture learn from Dazhai, in industry learn from Shanzhai.”

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dazhai”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 978, column 1