一二八事变 | yī èr bā shì biàn | Shanghai incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai |
四一二 | sì yī èr | 12th April; refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai |
四一二事变 | sì yī èr shì biàn | the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists; called 反革命政變 or 惨案 in PRC literature |
四一二反革命政变 | sì yī èr fǎn gé mìng zhèng biàn | counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai |
四一二惨案 | sì yī èr cǎn àn | the massacre of 12th Mar 1927; the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists |
略知一二 | lüè zhī yī èr | slight knowledge of sth; to know very little about a subject; a smattering |