薩爾滸之戰 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

薩 sà transliteration of 'sat' in 'bodhisattva,' etc.
爾 ěr you; that, those; final particle
滸 hǔ riverbank, shore
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle