巫蛊之祸

Traditional: 巫蠱之禍

wū gǔ zhī huò

Dictionary entry

91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft

What does 巫蛊之祸 mean?

巫蛊之祸 (wū gǔ zhī huò) has the following dictionary meaning.

191 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft

Character breakdown

Open each character to see its own meanings and vocabulary links.

巫Wūsurname Wu · also pr. [Wu2]蛊gǔarch. legendary venomous insect · to poison 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 祸huòold variant of 禍|祸[huo4]

Reviewed examples

No reviewed example dialogues yet. This page only shows verified dictionary data until a context lesson is published.

How to pronounce 巫蛊之祸

巫蛊之祸

wū gǔ zhī huò

Tap to hear Mandarin.

Base dictionary data: CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA 4.0.