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二次革命

Mandarin · pinyin Èr cì Gé mìng

Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱 Yuán Shì kǎi and the Northern Warlords

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二: èr · two; twice
次: cì · order, sequence; next
革: gé · leather, animal hides; Kangxi radical 177; hexagram ䷰
命: mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction

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4–4–2–4 · Er4 ci4 Ge2 ming4

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(history) Second Revolution (of China)

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