黄花岗起义

huáng huā gǎng qǐ yì

Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 in Guangzhou, one a long series of unsuccessful uprisings of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party

黄

huáng

yellow

花

huā

variant of 花[hua1]

岗

gǎng

(bound form) hillock; mound

起

qǐ

to rise

义

yì

justice