薩爾滸之戰 sà ěr hǔ zhī zhàn

Battle of Sarhu, 1619 Ming-Manchu battle

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
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Definitions

  1. 1. Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努尔哈赤nǔ ěr hā chì crushed four Ming armies

Characters

Character Meaning
薩 sà
Bodhisattva; surname Sa
爾 ěr
variant of 爾ěr; so; thus
滸 hǔ
bank of a river
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
戰 zhàn
to fight; fight; battle