亚罗号事件

Traditional form:

亞羅號事件

Pinyin (reading):

Yàluó Hào Shìjiàn

Definitions:

• the Arrow Incident of 1856 (used as pretext for the second Opium War)

Characters:

• 亚 - Asia; second
• 罗 - gauze, net; to collect, to display
• 号 - mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 件 - item, matter; component, part; measure word for events

Traditional characters:

• 亞 - Asia; second
• 羅 - gauze, net; to collect, to display
• 號 - mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 件 - item, matter; component, part; measure word for events