1911 2011
辛亥革命
China's first President Sun Yat-Sen and military commander Huang Xing lead the revolutionary Wuchang Uprising in a bid to put an end to the reign of the Qing Dynasty.
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| 北洋军 北洋軍 | north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution | Proper Noun |
| 清政府 清政府 | Qing government (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 紫禁城 紫禁城 | the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as | Proper Noun |
| 清军 清軍 | the Qing army | Proper Noun |
| 新军 新軍 | New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895) | Proper Noun |
| 汪精卫 汪精衛 | Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator | Proper Noun |
| 汤姆逊 湯姆遜 | Thomson (name) | Proper Noun |
| 唐绍仪 唐紹儀 | Tang Shaoyi (1862-1939), politician and diplomat | Proper Noun |
| 伍廷芳 伍廷芳 | Wu Tingfang (1842-1922), diplomat and lawyer | Proper Noun |
| 孙猴子 孫猴子 | Monkey Sun | Proper Noun |
| 八旗 八旗 | Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty | Proper Noun |
| 华夏 華夏 | old name for China; Cathay | Proper Noun |
| 乔纳森 喬納森 | Jonathan (name) | Proper Noun |
| 湖广 湖廣 | Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province) | Proper Noun |
| 徐世昌 徐世昌 | Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921 | Proper Noun |
| 博爱 博愛 | Bo'ai county in Jiaozuo, Henan | Proper Noun |
| 山东半岛 山東半島 | Shandong Peninsula | Proper Noun |
| 澎湖列岛 澎湖列島 | Pescadores Islands, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 辽东半岛 遼東半島 | Liaodong Peninsula | Proper Noun |
| 天命 天命 | Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span | Proper Noun |
| 石屏 石屏 | Shiping county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan | Proper Noun |
| 章士钊 章士釗 | Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), revolutionary journalist in Shanghai, then established writer | Proper Noun |
| 宫崎 宮崎 | Miyazaki (Japanese surname and place name) | Proper Noun |
| 孙中山 孫中山 | Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党; same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙 | Proper Noun |
| 宿州 宿州 | Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province | Proper Noun |
| 满清 滿清 | Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) | Proper Noun |
| 北伐 北伐 | the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords | Proper Noun |
| 法国人 法國人 | Frenchman; French person | Proper Noun |
| 内阁总理大臣 內閣總理大臣 | formal title of the Japanese prime minister | Proper Noun |
| 陆征祥 陸徵祥 | Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk | Proper Noun |
| 光绪帝 光緒帝 | Guangxu Emperor | Proper Noun |
| 宣统 宣統 | reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪 | Proper Noun |
| 王莽 王莽 | Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han | Proper Noun |
| 民权 民權 | Minquan county in Shangqiu, Henan | Proper Noun |
| 三民主义 三民主義 | Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s) | Proper Noun |
| 黄花岗 黃花崗 | Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911 | Proper Noun |
| 法兰克 法蘭克 | the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France) | Proper Noun |
| 彼得 彼得 | Peter (name) | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 共和 共和 | republic; republicanism | |
| 借款 借款 | to lend money; to borrow money; loan | |
| 王爷 王爺 | prince; marquis; nobleman | |
| 大帅 大帥 | (old) commanding general; commander-in-chief; (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) | |
| 列强 列強 | the Great Powers (history) | |
| 伦 倫 | normal human relationships | |
| 弹药 彈藥 | ammunition | |
| 大元帅 大元帥 | generalissimo | |
| 川 川 | stream, river; flow; boil | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 民生 民生 | people's livelihood; people's welfare |