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太平天国起义

Tài píng Tiān guó Qǐ yìdictionary entry
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Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全[Hóng Xiù quán], who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国[Tài píng Tiān guó], resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties
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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.

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Original source entry:

太平天國起義 太平天国起义 [Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2 Qi3 yi4] /Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2], who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2], resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties/

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Other forms in these source records: 太平天國起義

  • 太
    tài

    highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely

  • 平
    píng

    flat / level / smooth / to make even / to level / equal / on the same level / (bound form) fair / impartial / to tie / to draw / (bound form) average / ordinary / (bound form) calm / peaceful / (bound form) to quell / to suppress / to put down / (abbr. for 平聲|平声[píng shēng]) / (coll.) square meter (abbr. for 平方米[píng fāng mǐ])

    Píng

    surname Ping

  • 天
    tiān

    day / sky / heaven

  • 国
    guó

    country / nation / state / (bound form) national

    Guó

    surname Guo

  • 起
    qǐ

    to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group

  • 义
    yì

    justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship

    Yì

    surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yì dà lì])

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