English Explanatory Dictionary

century of humiliation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The period of wars against the Qing dynasty and the succeeding Republic of China by Western countries and the Japanese Empire, lasting from 1839 to 1945 or 1949.

Word forms

century of humiliation the century of humiliation

Etymology

Derived from Chinese 百年國恥 /百年国耻 (bǎinián guóchǐ). Coined in 1915 in opposition to the Twenty-One Demands by the Japanese Empire.

Related words

sick man of East Asia Chinese Century
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