太平天国起义
Traditional form:
太平天國起義
Pinyin (reading):
Tàipíng Tiānguó Qǐyì
Definitions:
- Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全 ( Hóng Xiùquán), who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國／太平天国 ( Tàipíng Tiānguó), resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties
Characters:
- 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
- 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
- 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 国 - country, nation, state; national
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 义 - right conduct, propriety; justice
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