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柳條湖事件

简柳条湖事件 · 繁柳條湖事件

Mandarin · pinyin Liǔ tiáo Hú Shì jiàn

the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria
also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事變 Jiǔ Yī bā Shì biàn

Characters in this entry

柳: liǔ · willow tree; pleasure; 24th lunar mansion, determinative star δ Hydrae
條: tiáo · clause, condition; string, stripe
湖: hú · a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
件: jiàn · numerary adjunct for article; matter
条: tiáo · clause, condition; string, stripe

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

3–2–2–4–4 · Liu3 tiao2 Hu2 Shi4 jian4

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Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

lau5 tiu4 wu4 si6 gin2

Cantonese word readings for 柳條湖事件. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

lau5 tiu4 wu4 si6 gin2

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.