Due to the Triple Intervention of Russia, France and Germany, however, Liaodong Peninsula was returned to China (in exchange for 30 million teal in compensation paid to Japan) that consequently was perceived as an insult and fueled retaliatory sentiment among Japanese people (as in a proverb it was struggling against difficulties for the sake of vengeance).
しかし、遼東半島は露仏独の三国干渉により返還させられた（代償として3000万両を獲得）結果、国民に屈辱感を与え、報復心が煽られた（臥薪嘗胆）。