四一二事变 sì yī èr shì biàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists
  2. called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature

CHARACTERS

四 sì four
一 yī one; a, an; alone
二 èr two; twice
事 shì affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
变 biàn change, transform, alter; rebel