甲申政變

1. • unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops

Character by character

• 甲(jiǎ)first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shítiāngān
• 申(shēn)old name for Shanghai 上海 shànghǎi
• 政(zhèng)political
• 變(biàn)change