南京大屠杀事件
Traditional form:
南京大屠殺事件
Pinyin (reading):
Nánjīng Dàtúshā Shìjiàn
Definitions:
- The Rape of Nanking (1997 documentary book by Iris Chang 張純如／张纯如 ( Zhāng Chúnrú))
Characters:
- 南 - south; southern; southward
- 京 - capital city
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 屠 - to butcher, to slaughter; massacre
- 杀 - to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 件 - item, matter; component, part; measure word for events
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