黄花岗七十二烈士

huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì

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

huáng

yellow

huā

variant of 花[hua1]

gāng

variant of 岡|冈 [gang1]

seven

shí

ten

èr

two

liè

ardent

shì

member of the senior ministerial class (old)