陈桥兵变

Traditional form:

陳橋兵變

Pinyin (reading):

Chénqiáobīngbiàn

Definitions:

• the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤／赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty

Characters:

• 陈 - to display, to exhibit; to plead; surname
• 桥 - bridge; beam, crosspiece
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike
• 变 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel

Traditional characters:

• 陳 - to display, to exhibit; to plead; surname
• 橋 - bridge; beam, crosspiece
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike
• 變 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel