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南京大屠杀

Nán jīng Dà tú shā

5-character word Traditional 南京大屠殺

What 南京大屠杀 means

1. the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)

The characters in 南京大屠杀

• 南nánsouth
• 京jīngcapital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old)
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart

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