| 太平天国起义 |
Tài píng Tiān guó Qǐ yì |
Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全, who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天国, resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties |
| 太 |
tài |
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely |
| 太平 |
Tài píng |
place name |
| 太平 |
tài píng |
peace and security |
| 太平天国 |
Tài píng Tiān guó |
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864) |
| 平 |
Píng |
surname Ping |
| 平 |
píng |
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平声 |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天国 |
tiān guó |
Kingdom of Heaven |
| 国 |
Guó |
surname Guo |
| 国 |
guó |
country; nation; state / (bound form) national |
| 起 |
qǐ |
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 起义 |
qǐ yì |
uprising / insurrection / revolt |
| 义 |
Yì |
surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 义大利) |
| 义 |
yì |
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship |