政變

coup d'état

political / politics / government

to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion

counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai

coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

military coup

unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops