九一八事变

九一八事變
Jiǔ-Yībā Shìbiàn

Mukden Incident

Wiktionary

Homographs

九一八事变 Jiǔ Yībā Shìbiàn
  1. the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria
  2. also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳条沟事变

Entry Composition

1 九一八 Jiǔ-Yībā
  1. (～事變) Mukden Incident
  2. Mukden Incident
2 事变 shìbiàn
  1. incident
  2. unforeseen event
  3. events (in general)