柳條溝事變 [ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄍㄡ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ; liu3 tiao2 gou1 shi4 bian4] the Mukden or Manchurian railway incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事变 ◄ ►