盧溝橋事變
简 卢沟桥事变 · 繁 盧溝橋事變Meanings
- Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng
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- 盧
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- 溝
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- 橋
- qiáo · bridge; beam, crosspiece
- 事
- shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 變
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- 卢
- lú · cottage, hut; surname; black
- 沟
- gōu · ditch, drain, narrow waterway
- 桥
- qiáo · bridge; beam, crosspiece
- 变
- biàn · change, transform, alter; rebel
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Mandarin tones
2–1–2–4–4 · Lu2 gou1 Qiao2 Shi4 bian4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lou4 kau1 kiu4 si6 bin3
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- Marco Polo Bridge Incident
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