| 四一二反革命政变 |
sì yī èr fǎn gé mìng zhèng biàn |
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai |
| 四 |
sì |
four / 4 |
| 四一二 |
sì yī èr |
12th April / refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai |
| 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 |
| 一二 |
yī èr |
one or two; a few / a little; just a bit |
| 二 |
èr |
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid |
| 反 |
fǎn |
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切 phonetic system |
| 反革命 |
fǎn gé mìng |
counterrevolutionary |
| 革 |
gé |
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) |
| 革命 |
gé mìng |
to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次 |
| 命 |
mìng |
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc |
| 政 |
zhèng |
political / politics / government |
| 政变 |
zhèng biàn |
coup d'état |
| 变 |
biàn |
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion |