捻军

Traditional form:

捻軍

Pinyin (reading):

Niǎnjūn

Definitions:

• Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south

Characters:

• 捻 - to twist or nip with the fingers
• 军 - army, military; soldiers, troops

Traditional characters:

• 捻 - to twist or nip with the fingers
• 軍 - army, military; soldiers, troops