English Explanatory Dictionary

May 35th

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre on the fourth of June, known in China as the June Fourth Incident.

Word forms

May 35th

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 5月35日; a euphemistic form of June 4th, as though May (which has 31 days) had been lengthened to include it.

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