玄武門之變 xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn

Xuanwu Gate coup, Li Shimin seizing power

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
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Definitions

  1. 1. Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民lǐ shì mín killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗táng tài zōng

Characters

Character Meaning
玄 xuán
mysterious; black
武 wǔ HSK 5
martial; military; surname Wu
門 mén
door; gate; doorway
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
變 biàn
to change; to become different; to transform