| 四一二惨案 |
sì yī èr cǎn àn |
the massacre of 12th Mar 1927 / the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists |
| 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 |
| 惨 |
cǎn |
miserable / wretched / cruel / inhuman / disastrous / tragic / dim / gloomy |
| 惨案 |
cǎn àn |
massacre / tragedy / CL:起 |
| 案 |
àn |
(legal) case / incident / record / file / table |