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萨尔浒之战

Sà ěr hǔ zhī Zhàn

5-character word Traditional 薩爾滸之戰

What 萨尔浒之战 means

1. Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci {努尔哈赤|Nǔ ěr hā chì} crushed four Ming armies

The characters in 萨尔浒之战

• 萨sàused in 菩萨; used in transliteration
• 尔ěrthus; so; like that
• 浒hǔbank of a river
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 战zhànto fight; fight; war

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