芦沟桥事变 in English Lu2 gou1 Qiao2 Shi4 bian4 Meaning

Meanings

  • Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]

Simplified Characters

芦 沟 桥 事 变

Traditional Characters

蘆 溝 橋 事 變

Pinyin

Lu2 gou1 Qiao2 Shi4 bian4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

芦lu2rush 沟gou1ditch 桥qiao2bridge 事shi4matter 变bian4to change