century of humiliation

短语

百年国耻

词形变化

the century of humiliation

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    The period of wars against the Qing dynasty and the succeeding Republic of China by Western countries and the Japanese Empire, lasting from 1839 to 1945 or 1949.

    百年国耻

    历史 政治

词源

Derived from Chinese 百年國恥 /百年国耻 (bǎinián guóchǐ). Coined in 1915 in opposition to the Twenty-One Demands by the Japanese Empire.

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