太平天国之乱
Traditional form:
太平天國之亂
Pinyin (reading):
Tàipíng Tiānguózhī Luàn
Definitions:
- Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), which ultimately failed but caused massive upheaval and weakened the Qing dynasty
Characters:
- 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
- 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
- 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 国 - country, nation, state; national
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 乱 - anarchy, chaos; revolt
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