| 九一八事变 |
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 柳条沟事变 |
| 九 |
jiǔ |
nine / 9 |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 八 |
bā |
eight |
| 事 |
shì |
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件,桩,回 |
| 事变 |
shì biàn |
incident / unforeseen event / events (in general) |
| 变 |
biàn |
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion |