黄花岗七十二烈士

huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì

the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911

黄

huáng

yellow

花

huā

variant of 花[hua1]

岗

gāng

variant of 岡|冈 [gang1]

七

qī

seven

十

shí

ten

二

èr

two

烈

liè

ardent

士

shì

member of the senior ministerial class (old)