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+ 韋利 韦利 [Wei2 ri4] /Waley or Whaley (name)/Arthur Waley (1889-1966), pioneer British sinologist/

+ 大英博物館 大英博物馆 [Da4 Ying1 bo2 wu4 guan3] /the British museum/

+ 摩爾 摩尔 [Mo2 er3] /a moor (i.e. Muslim)/Moor (name)/

+ 拉格比 拉格比 [La1 ge2 bi3] /Rugby (game)/Rugby school in England/

+ 多輪 多轮 [duo1 lun2] /in many stages/multilayered/multipronged (attack)/

+ 劉備 刘备 [Liu2 Bei4] /Liu Bei, warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu T:蜀漢|S:蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Han Shu dynasty/

+ 諸葛亮 诸葛亮 [Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] /Zhuge Liang (181-234 AD), military leader and Prime Minister of Han Shu T:蜀漢|S:蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period/the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms T:三國演義|S:三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius/

+ 蜀國 蜀国 [Shu3 guo2] /Sichuan/the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods/the Han Shu dynasty (214-263 AD) of Liu Bei T:劉備|S:刘备 during the Three Kingdoms/

+ 蜀漢 蜀汉 [Shu3 Han4] /Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han/

+ 戰略家 战略家 [zhan4 lu:e4 jia1] /a strategist/

+ 末年 末年 [mo4 nian2] /the final years (of a regime)/

+ 三顧茅廬 三顾茅庐 [san1 gu4 mao2 lu2] /lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage/refers to a famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms T:三國演義|S:三国演义 in which Liu Bei T:劉備|S:刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang T:諸葛亮|S:诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon T:臥龍|S:卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times/

+ 武藝 武艺 [wu3 yi4] /martial art/military skill/

+ 排名 排名 [pai2 ming2] /a roll of honour/

+ 三國演義 三国演义 [San1 guo2 yan3 yi4] /Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 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, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han T:劉備, 蜀漢|S:刘备, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains/

+ 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 T:紅樓夢|S:红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms T:三國演義|S:三国演义, Water Margin T:水滸傳|S:水浒传, Journey to the West T:西游記|S:西游记/

+ 紅樓夢 红楼梦 [hong2 lou2 meng4] /A Dream of Red Mansions, one of the four great novels/

+ 水滸傳 水浒传 [shui3 hu3 zhuan4] /Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Naian 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature/

+ 西遊記 西游记 [xi1 you2 ji4] /Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng en 吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature/also called Pilgrimage to the West/

+ 正史 正史 [zheng4 shi3] /the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories/true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends/

+ 野史 野史 [ye3 shi3] /unofficial history/history as popular legends/

+ 呂布 吕布 [Lu:3 Bu4] /Lü Bu, champion fighter in the early part of Three Kingdoms/

+ 關羽 关羽 [Guan1 Yu3] /Guan Yu (d. 219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty/

+ 邳 邳 [Pi1] /Pi, Han dynasty county in modern Jiangsu/variant of 伾 or 丕/

+ 張飛 张飞 [Zhang1 Fei1] /Zhang Fei (d. 221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for his love of wine/

+ 萬人敵 万人敵 [wan4 ren2 di2] /a match for ten thousand enemies/

+ 萬人之敵 万人之敵 [wan4 ren2 zhi1 di2] /a match for ten thousand enemies/