变 變 biàn to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion syn 军队 軍隊 jūn duì armed forces / troops / CL:支[zhi1],個|个[ge4] syn 部队 部隊 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 武装 武裝 wǔ zhuāng arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces) syn 美军 美軍 měi jūn US army / US armed forces 平息 píng xī (of wind etc) to subside / to die down / to quell / to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc) syn 暴动 暴動 bào dòng insurrection / rebellion syn 暴乱 暴亂 bào luàn riot / rebellion / revolt 兵力 bīng lì military strength / armed forces / troops syn 自卫队 自衛隊 zì wèi duì self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces syn 讨伐 討伐 tǎo fá to suppress by armed force / to send a punitive expedition against / to crusade against syn 解放军 解放軍 jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) syn 谋反 謀反 móu fǎn to plot a rebellion / to conspire against the state syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 武装力量 武裝力量 wǔ zhuāng lì liàng armed force syn 荷枪实弹 荷槍實彈 hè qiāng shí dàn (idiom) armed / carrying a loaded firearm 绿林 綠林 lù lín place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2] syn 武装部队 武裝部隊 wǔ zhuāng bù duì armed forces syn 械斗 械鬥 xiè dòu armed confrontation / bust-up between gangs 策反 cè fǎn to instigate (rebellion etc) / incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp) syn 别动队 別動隊 bié dòng duì special detachment / commando / an armed secret agent squad 火并 火幷 huǒ bìng (of rival gangs or armed factions etc) to engage in internecine violence / to have an open fight / to clash on the streets / to have a shootout syn 埃塔 āi tǎ ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or Basque homeland and freedom), Basque armed separatist group 镖客 鏢客 biāo kè armed escort (of travelers or merchants' caravans) 剿灭 剿滅 jiǎo miè to eliminate (by armed force) syn 策动 策動 cè dòng to conspire / to plot (a rebellion, crime etc) / to machinate / to spur on / to urge action syn 哗变 嘩變 huá biàn mutiny / rebellion syn 兵种 兵種 bīng zhǒng (military) branch of the armed forces 团练 團練 tuán liàn local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old) 武警 wǔ jǐng armed police 猪八戒 豬八戒 zhū bā jiè Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation 湘军 湘軍 xiāng jūn Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion 李自成 lǐ zì chéng Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty 扩军 擴軍 kuò jūn armament / to expand armed forces 武警部队 武警部隊 wǔ jǐng bù duì People's Armed Police 剿匪 jiǎo fěi to send armed forces to suppress 治军 治軍 zhì jūn running of armed forces / military management / to govern armed forces / to direct troops 安禄山 安祿山 ān lù shān An Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4] 戎马 戎馬 róng mǎ warhorse / armed forces / troops / (fig.) war / warfare syn 洪秀全 hóng xiù quán Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 御敌 禦敵 yù dí armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest 武装冲突 武裝衝突 wǔ zhuāng chōng tū armed conflict 讨 討 tǎo to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study syn 镖 鏢 biāo dart-like throwing weapon / goods sent under the protection of an armed escort 义和团运动 義和團運動 yì hé tuán yùn dòng Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901), a peasant uprising that attempted to expel all foreigners from China, eventually suppressed by an international coalition 人武 rén wǔ armed forces 捻军 捻軍 niǎn jūn Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south 官逼民反 guān bī mín fǎn a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom) / a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people syn 平叛 píng pàn to put down a revolt / to pacify a rebellion syn 天下大乱 天下大亂 tiān xià dà luàn the whole country in rebellion syn 篝火狐鸣 篝火狐鳴 gōu huǒ hú míng to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion / an uprising is afoot (idiom) 带牛佩犊 帶牛佩犢 dài niú pèi dú to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom) 太平天国起义 太平天國起義 tài píng tiān guó qǐ yì Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4quan2], who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4ping2 Tian1guo2], resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties 叛乱罪 叛亂罪 pàn luàn zuì the crime of armed rebellion 全副武装 全副武裝 quán fù wǔ zhuāng fully armed / armed to the teeth / fig. fully equipped 武警战士 武警戰士 wǔ jǐng zhàn shì armed fighters / armed police / militia 安全理事会儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 巴黎原则 巴黎原則 bā lí yuán zé Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups / Paris Principles 巴黎承诺 巴黎承諾 bā lí chéng nuò Paris Commitments to protect children unlawfully recruited or used by armed forces or armed groups / Paris Commitments 安史之乱 安史之亂 ān shǐ zhī luàn An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1] and 史思明[Shi3 Si1 ming2], a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty 杨秀清 楊秀清 yáng xiù qīng Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion 三藩之乱 三藩之亂 sān fān zhī luàn Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi 三藩叛乱 三藩叛亂 sān fān pàn luàn rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi 侯景之乱 侯景之亂 hóu jǐng zhī luàn rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548 克林德 kè lín dé Clemens von Ketteler (1853-1900), German diplomat killed during the Boxer Rebellion 義和團運動|义和团运动[Yi4he2tuan2 Yun4dong4] 厘金 lí jīn a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion 史思明 shǐ sī míng Shi Siming (703-761), military colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1], participated in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4] 大刀会 大刀會 dà dāo huì Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion 小刀会 小刀會 xiǎo dāo huì Dagger Society, anti-Qing secret society who mounted an unsuccessful rebellion in 1855 平靖 píng jìng to suppress rebellion and quell unrest / to bring calm and order to / calm and peaceful / tranquil 戡乱平反 戡亂平反 kān luàn píng fǎn to suppress a rebellion (idiom) 扶清灭洋 扶清滅洋 fú qīng miè yáng Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan) 普加乔夫 普加喬夫 pǔ jiā qiáo fū Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov (1742-1775), Russian Cossack, leader of peasant rebellion 1773-1775 against Catherine the Great 朱红灯 朱紅燈 zhū hóng dēng Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion 湘勇 xiāng yǒng Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion 红巾军 紅巾軍 hóng jīn jūn the Red Turbans, peasant rebellion at the end of the Yuan dynasty 护国战 護國戰 hù guó zhàn National Protection War or Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] as emperor 护国战争 護國戰爭 hù guó zhàn zhēng National Protection War or Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] as emperor 护国军 護國軍 hù guó jūn National Protection Army of 1915 (in rebellion against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3]) 护国运动 護國運動 hù guó yùn dòng Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915) or National Protection War, a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] as emperor 护法战争 護法戰爭 hù fǎ zhàn zhēng National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor 金田村 jīn tián cūn Jintian village in Guiping county 桂平[Gui4 ping2], Gveigangj or Guigang prefecture 貴港|贵港[Gui4 gang3], Guangxi, starting point of the Taiping Tianguo 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2] rebellion in 1851 靖乱 靖亂 jìng luàn to put down a rebellion 骊姬之乱 驪姬之亂 lí jī zhī luàn Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1] 二毛子 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat 太平天国之乱 太平天國之亂 tài píng tiān guó zhī luàn Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), which ultimately failed but caused massive upheaval and weakened the Qing dynasty 反相 fǎn xiàng (a person's) rebellious appearance / signs of an impending rebellion / (physics) reversed phase 激进武装 激進武裝 jī jìn wǔ zhuāng armed extremists 激进武装分子 激進武裝份子 jī jìn wǔ zhuāng fèn zǐ armed extremists 武装分子 武裝份子 wǔ zhuāng fèn zǐ armed groups / fighters / gunmen 伊斯兰圣战组织 伊斯蘭聖戰組織 yī sī lán shèng zhàn zǔ zhī Islamic Jihad (Palestinian armed faction) 中国人民武装警察部队 中國人民武裝警察部隊 zhōng guó rén mín wǔ zhuāng jǐng chá bù duì Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF) 贾夹威德 賈夾威德 jiǎ jiā wēi dé Janjaweed (armed Baggara herders used by the Sudanese government against Darfur rebels) 弩兵 nǔ bīng archer / infantry armed with crossbow 持枪抢劫 持槍搶劫 chí qiāng qiāng jié armed robbery 枪匪 槍匪 qiāng fěi bandits with guns / an armed criminal / a gunman 羽林 yǔ lín armed escort 迈赫迪军 邁赫迪軍 mài hè dí jūn Mahdi army, Iraqi Shia armed militia led by Moqtada Sadr 