huán bǎo
environmental protection
这个产品很环保。
zhè gè chǎn pǐn hěn huán bǎo .
This product is very eco-friendly.
环保是每个人的责任。
Huánbǎo shì měi ge rén de zérèn.
Environmental protection is everyone's responsibility.
我们要制定一项环保计划。
wǒ mén yào zhì dìng yī xiàng huán bǎo jì huá .
We're going to develop an environmental program.
环境保护 (huánjìng bǎohù)
environmental protection
生态保护 (shēngtài bǎohù)
ecological protection
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The Chinese word 环保 (huánbǎo) for "environmental protection" is a compound of two characters: 环保 (huán) meaning "return" or "restore" and 境 (bǎo) meaning "environment" or "surroundings". The term 环保 (huánbǎo) was coined in the 1970s as a translation of the English phrase "environmental protection". It has since become the standard Chinese term for this concept and is widely used in both official and everyday speech. The term 环保 (huánbǎo) is also used in other East Asian languages, such as Japanese and Korean, where it has similar meanings.
