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Meaning of Boxer Rebellion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising which took place in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty between 1899 and 1901.

Equivalents

Tiếng Việt khởi nghĩa Nghĩa Hoà Đoàn phong trào Nghĩa Hoà Đoàn

Examples

“Young Major Leonard, with only one arm (the other lost during the Boxer rebellion in China), Mr. John Lodge and a charming young Italian named Gherardesca, and many others, made these visits stand out in my memory.”

“According to one published account, said to be based on information provided by foreign missionaries in Chungking, whose reaction may have been influenced by the excesses of the Boxer Rebellion just a few years earlier, Tuan-fang was killed by his own soldiers at Tzu-chou, Shensi province.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

boxer short boxer shorts boxer-briefs boxer-short boxer's fracture boxercise