黄花岗七十二烈士

the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911

yellow / pornographic / to fall through

yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl)

surname Hua

flower / blossom / CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4] / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful

old variant of 花[hua1]

variant of 花[hua1] / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]

Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911

mound / policeman's beat

variant of 岡|冈 [gang1]

(bound form) hillock; mound / sentry post; policeman's beat / (bound form) job; post

seven / 7

seventy / 70

ten / 10

twelve / 12

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements

martyr

member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker