波茨坦公告

Bōcítǎn Gōnggào

proper noun

Meanings

1 Potsdam Declaration (the July 1945 ultimatum demanding Japan's unconditional surrender at the end of WWII)

Characters

Pots- (transliteration)

-ts- (transliteration)

-dam (transliteration)

Examples

HSK 5

波茨坦公告由中、美、英三国共同发表。

Bōcítǎn Gōnggào yóu Zhōng, Měi, Yīng sān guó gòngtóng fābiǎo.

The Potsdam Declaration was issued jointly by China, the United States, and Britain.

HSK 7-9

日本最终接受了波茨坦公告，宣布无条件投降。

Rìběn zuìzhōng jiēshòu le Bōcítǎn Gōnggào, xuānbù wútiáojiàn tóuxiáng.

Japan ultimately accepted the Potsdam Declaration and announced its unconditional surrender.

Tips

history

Issued July 26, 1945 from the Potsdam Conference outside Berlin and signed by U.S. President Truman, British PM Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek (Stalin signed the later Soviet declaration of war separately). It demanded Japan's unconditional surrender and explicitly affirmed the Cairo Declaration's terms, including the return of Taiwan to China.

Stroke Order

波 bō

茨 cí

坦 tǎn

公 gōng

告 gào