ひゃくねんこくち

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ひゃくねんこくち – see the following entry.

【百年国恥】 [proper noun] (historical) the Century of Humiliation (period of Chinese history between 1839 and 1949 during which Western powers and Japan intervened with China; 1839 refers to the First Opium War, and 1949 refers to the establishment of the People's Republic of China)

(This term, ひゃくねんこくち (hyakunenkokuchi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)