汤武革命
Traditional form:
湯武革命
Pinyin (reading):
Tāng Wǔ Gémìng
Definitions:
- the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯/商汤 ( Shāng Tāng), of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王 ( Zhōu Wǔwáng)
Characters:
- 汤 - soup, gravy, broth; hot water
- 武 - military; martial, warlike
- 革 - leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove
- 命 - life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
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