八二三炮战 bā èr sān pào zhàn

1958 PRC shelling of Kinmen islands

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis

Characters

Character Meaning
八 bā HSK 1
eight; 8
二 èr HSK 1
two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
三 sān HSK 1
three; 3; surname San
炮 pào HSK 5
cannon; firecracker; variant of 炮pào
战 zhàn HSK 5
to fight; fight; battle