护国战争
Traditional form:
護國戰爭
Pinyin (reading):
Hùguó Zhànzhēng
Definitions:
- National Protection War or Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱/袁世凯 ( Yuán Shìkǎi) as emperor
Characters:
- 护 - to defend, to guard, to protect; shelter; endorse
- 国 - country, nation, state; national
- 战 - war, fighting, battle
- 争 - to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
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