九一八事變

1. • the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria
2. • also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳条沟事变

Character by character

• 九(jiǔ)nine
• 一(yī)one
• 八(bā)eight
• 事(shì)matter
• 變(biàn)change