六四 (liù sì) — June 4 (1989 Tiananmen Incident)

Definition

六四 (liù sì) is the conventional shorthand for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown — a politically sensitive historical event in modern China.

noun
June 4 (1989 Tiananmen Incident)

Examples

  • 六四，。
    Guān yú liù sì, guān fāng méi tǐ hěn shǎo bào dào.
    Official media rarely report on June 4.
  • 六四。
    liù sì Shì zhōng guó lì shǐ shàng de yí gè mǐn gǎn huà tí.
    June 4 is a sensitive topic in Chinese history.
  • 六四。
    Hěn duō rén duì liù sì de shì jiàn yǒu bù tóng de kàn fǎ.
    Many people have different views on the events of June 4.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 四 was drawn as a nose breathing out. It later came to be used for the word four.

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