九一八事變 jiǔ yī bā shì biàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria
  2. also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变

CHARACTERS

九 jiǔ
HSK 1
nine
一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
八 bā
HSK 1
eight; all around, all sides
事 shì
HSK 2
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
變 biàn change, transform, alter; rebel