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to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion
HSK 2
the crime of armed rebellion
(of wind etc) to subside; to die down / to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc)
HSK 7-9
Boxer Rebellion (1900–1901), a peasant uprising that attempted to expel all foreigners from China, eventually suppressed by an international coalition
National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor
armed rebellion
An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山 and 史思明, a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty
An Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱
Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
insurrection / rebellion
Guo Ziyi (697–781), Tang dynasty general who helped suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and served multiple emperors
Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat
National Protection Army of 1915 (in rebellion against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯)
Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全, who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国, resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties
riot / rebellion / revolt
Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
mutiny / rebellion
HSK 7-9
the Red Turbans, peasant rebellion at the end of the Yuan dynasty
(a person's) rebellious appearance / signs of an impending rebellion / (physics) reversed phase
Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south
to instigate (rebellion etc) / incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp)
Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
to suppress rebellion and quell unrest / to bring calm and order to / calm and peaceful / tranquil
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov (1742-1775), Russian Cossack, leader of peasant rebellion 1773-1775 against Catherine the Great
to conspire / to plot (a rebellion, crime etc) / to machinate / to spur on / to urge action
place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2]
National Protection War or Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 as emperor
Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi
Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915) or National Protection War, a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 as emperor
rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi
the whole country in rebellion
Shi Siming (703-761), military colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山, participated in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱
to put down a revolt / to pacify a rebellion
to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion / an uprising is afoot (idiom)
Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old)
Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion
Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)
Jintian village in Guiping county 桂平, Gveigangj or Guigang prefecture 貴港|贵港, Guangxi, starting point of the Taiping Tianguo 太平天國|太平天国 rebellion in 1851
a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion
to plot a rebellion / to conspire against the state
to put down a rebellion
rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公
Dagger Society, anti-Qing secret society who mounted an unsuccessful rebellion in 1855
Clemens von Ketteler (1853–1900), German diplomat killed during the Boxer Rebellion 義和團運動|义和团运动


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