八国联军

八國聯軍

Bāguóliánjūn

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Meanings

1 Eight-Nation Alliance
2 the coalition of eight foreign powers that intervened in northern China during the Boxer Rebellion (1900)

Characters

to unite; allied

Examples

1900年,八国联军攻入北京。

Yī jiǔ líng líng nián, bā guó liánjūn gōng rù Běijīng.

In 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing.

八国联军侵华是国耻之一。

Bā guó liánjūn qīn Huá shì guóchǐ zhī yī.

The Eight-Nation Alliance invasion of China is one of the national humiliations.

慈禧太后在八国联军入京时逃往西安。

Cíxǐ tàihòu zài bā guó liánjūn rù jīng shí táo wǎng Xī'ān.

Empress Dowager Cixi fled to Xi'an when the Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing.

Tips

history

The eight nations were Britain, France, Germany, Russia, the United States, Japan, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. They intervened in 1900 to suppress the Boxer Rebellion (义和团运动) and lift the siege of foreign legations in Beijing. The war ended with the Boxer Protocol (辛丑条约) in 1901, imposing a 450 million tael indemnity on China.

In Pop Culture

义和团 Yìhétuán

Boxers

Anti-foreign, anti-Christian secret society whose uprising triggered the Eight-Nation Alliance intervention.

辛丑条约 Xīnchǒu tiáoyuē

Boxer Protocol

1901 treaty imposing massive indemnity and foreign troop stationing rights on Qing China.

Stroke Order

八 bā

国 guó

联 lián

军 jūn