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曹操 |
曹操 |
[Cao2 Cao1] |
/Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕/the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义/ |
6832
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草船借箭 |
草船借箭 |
[cao3 chuan2 jie4 jian4] |
/lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])/fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends/ |
4548
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陳壽 |
陈寿 |
[Chen2 Shou4] |
/Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志[San1 guo2 zhi4]/ |
1970
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赤壁之戰 |
赤壁之战 |
[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4] |
/Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 qu1] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu/famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]/ |
1972
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大橋 |
大桥 |
[Da4 Qiao2] |
/Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China/ |
5719
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第三國際 |
第三国际 |
[Di4 san1 Guo2 ji4] |
/see 共產國際|共产国际[Gong4 chan3 Guo2 ji4]/ |
4864
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分久必合，合久必分 |
分久必合，合久必分 |
[[fen1jiu3-bi4he2, he2jiu3-bi4fen1]] |
/(lit.) that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (proverb, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4])/(fig.) things are constantly changing/ |
69
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共產國際 |
共产国际 |
[Gong4 chan3 Guo2 ji4] |
/Communist International or Comintern (1919-1943), also known as the Third International 第三國際|第三国际[Di4 san1 Guo2 ji4]/ |
4864
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華容道 |
华容道 |
[Hua2 rong2 Dao4] |
/Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])/ |
5719
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金富軾 |
金富轼 |
[Jin1 Fu4 shi4] |
/Kim Busik (1075-1151), court historian of the Korean Georyo dynasty 高麗|高丽[Gao1 li2], compiler of History of Three Kingdoms 三國史記|三国史记[San1 guo2 shi3 ji4]/ |
6505
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三顧茅廬 |
三顾茅庐 |
[san1 gu4 mao2 lu2] |
/lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times)/fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb/ |
1072
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三國史記 |
三国史记 |
[San1 guo2 shi3 ji4] |
/History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼[Jin1 Fu4 shi4] in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2], Baekje 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4], Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2]./ |
4989
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三國演義 |
三国演义 |
[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] |
/Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains/ |
1944
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三國志 |
三国志 |
[San1 guo2 zhi4] |
/History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[Chen2 Shou4] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], 65 scrolls/ |
4989
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三國 |
三国 |
[[San1guo2]] |
/Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history/any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658/ |
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蜀 |
蜀 |
[Shu3] |
/short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province/one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province/ |
2253
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四大名著 |
四大名著 |
[si4 da4 ming2 zhu4] |
/the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]/ |
5140
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桃園結義 |
桃园结义 |
[tao2 yuan2 jie2 yi4] |
/to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) (idiom)/ |
5719
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桃園三結義 |
桃园三结义 |
[Tao2 yuan2 San1 Jie2 yi4] |
/Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]/ |
5049
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小橋 |
小桥 |
[Xiao3 Qiao2] |
/Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China/ |
5719
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昭披耶帕康 |
昭披耶帕康 |
[Zhao1 pi1 ye2 Pa4 kang1] |
/Chao Phraya Phra Klang (Royal Finance and External Affairs Minister), the honorary title of the 18th century official of the royal court of Thailand who translated 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) into Thai/ |
2852
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周瑜 |
周瑜 |
[Zhou1 Yu2] |
/Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff/in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]/ |
1945
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諸葛亮 |
诸葛亮 |
[[Zhu1ge3 Liang4]] |
/Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period/the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius/(fig.) a mastermind/ |
404
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