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一二八事变

Yī èr bā Shì biàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
January 28 Incident (1932), military conflict between China and Japan in Shanghai
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-672310f5408ad9d3. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

一二八事變 一二八事变 [Yi1 er4 ba1 Shi4 bian4] /January 28 Incident (1932), military conflict between China and Japan in Shanghai/

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Other forms in these source records: 一二八事變

  • 一
    yī

    one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

  • 二
    èr

    two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

  • 八
    bā

    eight

  • 事
    shì

    matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]

  • 变
    biàn

    to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.