卢沟桥事变

Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion

bridge / CL:座[zuo4]

surname Lu / abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]

(old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy

ditch / gutter / groove / gully / ravine / CL:道[dao4]

incident / unforeseen event / events (in general)

Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]