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九一八事變

简九一八事变 · 繁九一八事變

Mandarin · pinyin Jiǔ Yī bā Shì biàn

the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria
also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變

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九: jiǔ · nine
一: yī · one; a, an; alone
八: bā · eight; all around, all sides
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
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变: biàn · change, transform, alter; rebel

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3–1–1–4–4 · Jiu3 Yi1 ba1 Shi4 bian4

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gau2 jat1 baat3 si6 bin3

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Mukden Incident

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