卢沟桥
Traditional form:
盧溝橋
Pinyin (reading):
Lúgōu Qiáo
Definitions:
- Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭/抗日战争 ( Kàng Rì Zhànzhēng)
Characters:
- 卢 - cottage, hut; black; surname
- 沟 - ditch, drain, gutter, narrow waterway
- 桥 - bridge; beam, crosspiece
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