wū gǔ zhī huò

Traditional: 巫蠱之禍

巫蛊之祸 (wū gǔ zhī huò) is a Chinese word meaning “91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft”.

Meanings

  1. 191 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft

Characters in 巫蛊之祸

巫wū · witch蛊gǔ · arch. legendary venomous insect之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])祸huò · disaster

Related words

之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid之一one of (sth)之类and so on之中inside总之in a word之外outside之内inside; within车祸traffic accident; car crash之下under

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