西安事变

Traditional: 西安事變

Xī ān Shì biàn

Dictionary entry

Xi'an Incident of 12th December 1936 (kidnap of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2])

What does 西安事变 mean?

西安事变 (Xī ān Shì biàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Xi'an Incident of 12th December 1936 (kidnap of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2])

Character breakdown

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西Xīthe West · abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]安Ānsurname An 事shìmatter · thing 变biànto change · to become different

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Xī ān Shì biàn

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