四一二事变

Traditional form:

四一二事變

Pinyin (reading):

sìyī'èrshìbiàn

Definitions:

• the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists
• called 反革命政變／反革命政变 or 慘案／惨案 in PRC literature

Characters:

• 四 - four
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 二 - two; twice
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 变 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel

Traditional characters:

• 四 - four
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 二 - two; twice
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 變 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel