八国联军

Traditional form:

八國聯軍

Pinyin (reading):

Bāguó Liánjūn

Definitions:

• Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900

Characters:

• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 国 - country, nation, state; national
• 联 - ally, associate; to connect, to join
• 军 - army, military; soldiers, troops

Traditional characters:

• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 國 - country, nation, state; national
• 聯 - ally, associate; to connect, to join
• 軍 - army, military; soldiers, troops