辛亥革命
Traditional form:
辛亥革命
Pinyin (reading):
Xīnhài Gémìng
Definitions:
- Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
Characters:
- 辛 - bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
- 亥 - 12th terrestrial branch; used in transliterations
- 革 - leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove
- 命 - life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
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