萨尔浒之战

sà ěr hǔ zhī zhàn

Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4] crushed four Ming armies

萨

sà

used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]

尔

ěr

thus

浒

hǔ

bank of a river

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

战

zhàn

to fight