chiang kai-shek | (n) Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975), Syn. Chiang Chung-cheng |
蒋介石 | [蒋 介 石 / 蔣 介 石] Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), former Guomindang leader #7,832 [Add to Longdo] |
西安事件 | [せいあんじけん, seianjiken] (n) Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936) [Add to Longdo] |