义和团运动

義和團運動

Yìhétuán Yùndòng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Boxer Rebellion, the 1899–1901 uprising of the Boxers in north China, put down by the Eight-Nation Alliance

Characters

to move (运动, movement)

Examples

HSK 6

义和团运动发生在清朝末年。

Yìhétuán Yùndòng fāshēng zài Qīngcháo mònián.

The Boxer Rebellion took place in the last years of the Qing dynasty.

HSK 6

义和团运动失败以后，清朝签订了《辛丑条约》。

Yìhétuán Yùndòng shībài yǐhòu, Qīngcháo qiāndìng le 《 Xīnchǒu Tiáoyuē 》.

After the Boxer Rebellion was put down, the Qing court signed the Boxer Protocol.

Tips

usage

Chinese history books call it a movement, 运动; English usually says Boxer Rebellion or Boxer Uprising. The Boxers' slogan was 扶清灭洋 'support the Qing, wipe out the foreign'.

Stroke Order

义 yì

和 hé

团 tuán

运 yùn

动 dòng