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May 35th

May 35th proper noun: the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre on the fourth of June, known in China as the June Fourth Incident.

Proper noun

May 35th

  1. (euphemistic) The anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre on the fourth of June, known in China as the June Fourth Incident.
    • This is known within China, to the people who know about it, as the June Fourth Incident. More recently it has been referred to covertly as May 35th.2009 June 4, Shih-Chieh Ilya Li, “Today in China, May 35th”, in Pah, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2009

Origin of May 35th

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.

Questions about May 35th

What does May 35th mean?
May 35th means the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre on the fourth of June, known in China as the June Fourth Incident.
What part of speech is May 35th?
May 35th is a proper noun.

Words near May 35th in the dictionary

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  2. maxxes
  3. maxxing
  4. Maxy
  5. may
  6. May 35th
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  8. May and December
  9. May apple
  10. May apples
  11. may as well

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