柳条湖事件 liǔ tiáo hú shì jiàn

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 9-18 incident 九一八事變|九一八事变[Jiu3 Yi1 ba1 Shi4 bian4]

CHARACTERS

柳 liǔ willow tree; pleasure
条 tiáo
HSK 2
clause, condition; string, stripe
湖 hú
HSK 6
a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
事 shì
HSK 2
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
件 jiàn
HSK 2
numerary adjunct for article; matter