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柳条湖事件
柳條湖事件
LiǔtiáoHúShìjiàn
1. the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria
2. also known as 9-18 incident [[九一八事變|九一八事变<JiǔYībāShìbiàn>]]
Noun

Character Breakdown

柳
liǔ
willow tree; pleasure; surname
9 丶
条
tiáo
clause, condition; string, stripe
HSK 2 7 丶
湖
hú
lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
HSK 6 12 丶
事
shì
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
HSK 2 8 丶
件
jiàn
item, matter; component, part; measure word for events
HSK 2 6 丶

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