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玄武门之变

Xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn

5-character word Traditional 玄武門之變

What 玄武门之变 means

1. Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗

The characters in 玄武门之变

• 玄xuánblack; mysterious
• 武wǔmartial; military
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 变biànto change; to become different; to transform

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