薩爾滸之戰

1. • Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努尔哈赤 nǔěrhāchì crushed four Ming armies

Character by character

• 薩(sà)surname Sa
• 爾(ěr)thus
• 滸(hǔ)bank of a river
• 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
• 戰(zhàn)fight