zhèng​biàn

coup d'état

  • created sense approved 政变/政變 · zhèng​biàn · coup d'état — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    政变 / 政變

    zhèng​biàn

    coup d'état

    A sudden and often violent seizure of government power by a small group within the ruling elite or military.

    政 (bound) → 政 · zhèng · government 变 (literal) → 变/變 · biàn · incident

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense