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玄武門之變

简玄武门之变 · 繁玄武門之變

Mandarin · pinyin Xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn

Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗

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玄: xuán · deep, profound, abstruse; Kangxi radical 95
武: wǔ · military; martial, warlike
門: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
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门: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening
变: biàn · change, transform, alter; rebel

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2–3–2–1–4 · Xuan2 wu3 men2 zhi1 bian4

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jyun4 mou5 mun4 zi1 bin3

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