萨尔浒之战 sà ěr hǔ zhī zhàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤 crushed four Ming armies

CHARACTERS

萨 sà Buddhist gods or immortals
尔 ěr
HSK 4
you; that, those; final particle
浒 hǔ riverbank, shore
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
战 zhàn
HSK 5
war, fighting, battle