四一二事變 [ㄙˋ ㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ; si4 yi1 er4 shi4 bian4] the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists called 反革命政变 or 慘案 in PRC literature ◄ ►