美麗島事件
měi​lì​dǎo​shì​jiàn

Kaohsiung Incident

  • created sense approved 美丽岛事件/美麗島事件 · měi​lì​dǎo​shì​jiàn · Kaohsiung Incident — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    美丽岛事件 / 美麗島事件

    měi​lì​dǎo​shì​jiàn

    Kaohsiung Incident

    A crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on December 10, 1979; also known as the Formosa Incident, it was a turning point in Taiwan's democratization during the martial law period.

    美丽岛 (literal) → 美丽岛/美麗島 · měi​lì​dǎo · Formosa 事件 (literal) → 事件 · shì​jiàn · event

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