玄武门之变
xuán​wǔ​mén​zhī​biàn

Xuanwu Gate incident

  • created sense approved 玄武门之变/玄武門之變 · xuán​wǔ​mén​zhī​biàn · Xuanwu Gate incident — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    玄武门之变 / 玄武門之變

    xuán​wǔ​mén​zhī​biàn

    Xuanwu Gate incident

    The palace coup of June 626 during which [[李世民|李世民|li3 shi4 min2]] killed his brothers and seized the throne from his father to become Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

    玄武 (literal) → 玄武 · xuán​wǔ · Black Tortoise 门 (literal) → 门/門 · mén · door 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 变 (literal) → 变/變 · biàn · incident

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