China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe successfully returns to Earth

Recovery personnel work at the landing site of the return capsule of Chang'e-5 probe in Siziwang banner, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Dec 17, 2020. [Photo: CFP]

After weeks of space travel, Chang'e-5 lunar probe have returned to home on Thursday morning Beijing Time.

Chang'e-5 brought back the first fresh samples (样品 yàngpǐn) of rock and debris from the moon in more than four decades.

It landed at the designated (预订的 yùdìng de) landing site (着陆点 zhuólù diǎn) in Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Ground crews gather around China's Chang'e-5 returner after its successful return (返回 fǎnhuí) to Earth (地球 dìqiú) with samples from the Moon.

China's national flag is unfurled at the site of Chang'e-5 returner which touched down in China's Inner Mongolian region.

Comprising a lander, an ascender, an orbiter and a returner, the Chang'e-5 probe was launched on November 24. Its lander-ascender combination successfully landed on the nearside of the moon on December 1, and collected samples from both the lunar surface and beneath.

Key word 重点词汇:

回

<动词 v.> return; come back

E.g. Jué bùnéng huídào guòqù.

决不能回到过去。

There must be no return to the past.

<动词 v.> answer; reply

E.g. Shìshí shì duì zàoyáo zhě zuì yǒulì de huídá.

事实是对造谣者最有力的回答。

Facts are the best powerful rebuff to rumourmongers.

<量词 measure word>[used to indicate number of occurrence] time

E.g. Wǒ láiguò yī huí.

我来过一回。

I have been here once.