1. a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur; [syn: Chino-Japanese War, Sino-Japanese War]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Chino-Japanese War
n 1: a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the
control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly
defeated at Port Arthur [syn: Chino-Japanese War, Sino-
Japanese War]