黄巢之乱

Traditional form:

黃巢之亂

Pinyin (reading):

Huáng Cháozhīluàn

Definitions:

• late Tang peasant uprising 875-884 led by Huang Chao

Characters:

• 黄 - yellow; surname
• 巢 - nest, living quarters in tree
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 乱 - anarchy, chaos; revolt

Traditional characters:

• 黃 - yellow; surname
• 巢 - nest, living quarters in tree
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 亂 - anarchy, chaos; revolt