八国联军

八國聯軍

Bāguóliánjūn

proper noun #70,411

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

HSK 7-9

1900年，八国联军攻入北京。

Yījiǔlínglíng nián, Bāguóliánjūn gōngrù Běijīng.

In 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing.

HSK 7-9

八国联军侵华是国耻之一。

Bāguóliánjūn qīn Huá shì guó chǐ zhīyī.

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

HSK 7-9

慈禧太后在八国联军入京时逃往西安。

Cíxǐ tàihòu zài bāguóliánjūn rù jīng shí táowǎng 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 Yì hé tuán

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