Chinese Word: 芦沟桥 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

芦 lú 沟 gōu 桥 qiáo (Trad.: 蘆溝橋)

Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日战争

1		zài 在 lú gōu qiáo 芦沟桥 shì biàn 事变 hòu 后， tā 她 zǔ zhī 组织 fù nǚ 妇女 zhàn dì 战地 fú wù tuán 服务团 fù 赴 qián xiàn 前线 fú wù 服务。 In the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, she organized the women to go to frontline services.
2		yī jiǔ sān qī nián 一九三七年， bàn suí 伴随 zhe 着 “ lú gōu qiáo 芦沟桥 ” shì biàn 事变 de 的 bào fā 爆发， zhōng guó 中国 jìn rù 进入 le 了 màn cháng 漫长 de 的 bā nián kàng zhàn 八年抗战 shí qī 时期。 In 1937, with the breakout of the Lugouqiao Incident, china entered a long eight-year stage of the Anti-Japan War.
3		zài 在 tā 他 de 的 yóu jì 游记 lǐ 里， céng 曾 zǐ xì 仔细 de 地 miáo xiě 描写 guò 过 lú gōu qiáo 芦沟桥， yīn cǐ 因此 zhí dào 直到 xiàn zài 现在， ōu zhōu rén 欧洲人 hái 还 bǎ 把 lú gōu qiáo 芦沟桥 chēng zuò 称作 mǎ kě bō luó 马可波罗 qiáo 桥。 He makes a detailed description of Lugouqiao (1) in his travel notes. That is why Europeans today still refer to Lugouqiao as Marco Polo Bridge.