芦沟桥事变

Traditional form:

蘆溝橋事變

Pinyin (reading):

Lúgōu Qiáo Shìbiàn

Definitions:

• Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭／抗日战争 ( Kàng Rì Zhànzhēng)

Characters:

• 芦 - rushes, reeds
• 沟 - ditch, drain, gutter, narrow waterway
• 桥 - bridge; beam, crosspiece
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 变 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel

Traditional characters:

• 蘆 - rushes, reeds
• 溝 - ditch, drain, gutter, narrow waterway
• 橋 - bridge; beam, crosspiece
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 變 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel