西せい安あん事じ件けん

noun

Xi'an Incident

Historical term for the December 1936 event in which Chiang Kai-shek was arrested and confined by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, leading to the Second United Front between the Chinese Nationalists and Communists.

• 西せい安あん事じ件けんは中ちゅう国ごくの抗こう日にち統とう一いつ戦せん線せんの形けい成せいに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

  The Xi'an Incident greatly influenced the formation of the Chinese united front against Japan.