柳条湖事件 liǔ tiáo hú shì jiàn

1931 Mukden Incident; Japanese attack in Manchuria

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria
  2. 2. also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事变jiǔ yī bā shì biàn

Characters

Character Meaning
柳 liǔ
willow; surname Liu; old variant of 柳liǔ
条 tiáo HSK 2
measure word for long thin things; strip; clause
湖 hú HSK 6
lake
事 shì HSK 2
matter; thing; affair
件 jiàn HSK 2
classifier for events, things, clothes etc; item; component