| 四一二事变 |
sì yī èr shì biàn |
the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called 反革命政变 or 惨案 in PRC literature |
| 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 |
| 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 |