百人斬

Chinese

		hundred	man; person; people	behead; chop
trad. (百人斬)		百	人	斬
simp. (百人斩)		百	人	斩

Etymology

From the contest to kill 100 people using a sword (Japanese 百人斬り競争), a wartime contest in the Japanese Army during the Japanese invasion of China.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎirénzhǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎirénzhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎirénjhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-jên²-chan³
    • Yale: bǎi-rén-jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baerenjaan
    • Palladius: байжэньчжань (bajžɛnʹčžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

百人斬

1. (figurative) mass killing; mass execution