| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, 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 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains | |
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| | 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 in 658 | |
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| | the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC / Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432) / surname Xia | |
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| | History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝, 65 scrolls | |
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| | Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409–436) / surname Yan | |
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| | United Kingdom (UK); Britain | |
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| | Khmer kingdom of Kampuchea or Cambodia / Chinese term for Cambodia from 7th to 15th century | |
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| | History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼 in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽, Baekje 百濟|百济, Silla 新羅|新罗. | |
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| | Kingdom of Naples (1282-1860) | |
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| | surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 and Hunan 湖南省 provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC) | |
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| | the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 | |
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| | London, capital of United Kingdom | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms | |
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| | prosperity and decline (of a kingdom) / rise and fall | |
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| | Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China | |
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| | Paekche or Baekje (18 BC-660 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 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 | |
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| | Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms | |
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| | Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind | |
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| | United Kingdom | |
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| | Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | |
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| | kingdom / realm | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China | |
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| | surname Zhao / one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC) / the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵 (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵 (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms | |
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| | when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom) | |
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| | Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠 | |
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| | Burgundy (Bourgogne), a medieval kingdom and later a powerful duchy, now a region of France | |
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| | Kingdom of Heaven | |
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| | Kong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period | |
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| | Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine | |
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| | Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works | |
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| | courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama | |
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| | Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom (Tw) | |
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| | Huang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old fighter | |
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| | Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator | |
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| | Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China | |
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| | United Kingdom / British / England / English / abbr. for 英國|英国 | |
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| | Northern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-439) | |
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| | Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全, who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国, resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties | |
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| | Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC | |
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| | Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 | |
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| | Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | United Kingdom | |
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| | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421) | |
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| | (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom) | |
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| | 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, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 | |
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| | to divide up into different zones / (HK) sector of society / constituency / (taxonomy) kingdom | |
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| | the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister | |
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| | Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty | |
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| | Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国 | |
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| | Cheng Yu (141-220), advisor to General Cao Cao 曹操 during the Three Kingdoms era | |
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| | unified Silla (658-935), Korean kingdom | |
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| | Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 during the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Former Qin (351–395), a dynastic state of China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period | |
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| | Kingdom Plantae (biology) | |
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| | Koninkrijk der Nederlanden / Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
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| | Kingdom Monera / prokaryote | |
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| | Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD / one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济 and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽 around 660 in alliance with Tang China / unified Silla 658-935 | |
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| | Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead | |
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| | Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea | |
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| | Asturias, northwest Spanish autonomous principality on the bay of Biscay / ancient Spanish kingdom from which the reconquista was based | |
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| | surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221–265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history | |
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| | Silla, Korean kingdom that existed between 57 BC – 935 AD, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, later allied with Tang China to defeat its rivals Baekje 百濟|百济 and Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽 to form Unified Silla / see 新羅區|新罗区 | |
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| | Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion | |
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| | Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409) | |
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| | Galicia, province and former kingdom of northwest Spain | |
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| | Magadha, ancient India kingdom reported to be the birthplace of Buddhism | |
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| | Winchester (town in south England, capital of former kingdom of Wessex) | |
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| | Champa, ancient Indochinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century, located in what is now central and southern Vietnam | |
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| | Kingdom of Nepal | |
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| | Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417) | |
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| | Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 | |
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| | Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD) | |
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| | feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor / general term for saint in former times / term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国 / Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity) | |
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| | subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc) | |
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| | Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD | |
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| | 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 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb | |
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| | Liu Yuan (c. 251–310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋, founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉 (304–347) | |
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| | Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴 in the Three Kingdoms period | |
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| | earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅, 18150 entries | |
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| | Union Jack (flag of the United Kingdom) | |
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| | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864) | |
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| | Pi County, established during the Qin dynasty after the conquest of the ancient Shu Kingdom, historically known for its cultural heritage, strategic location, and culinary contributions, administratively reorganized in 2016 as Pidu District 郫都區|郫都区, a suburban district of Chengdu, Sichuan | |
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| | Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia | |
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| | Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam) / Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century) / Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period) / old name for Vietnam / Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南, Taiwan / Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006 | |
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| | Later Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (386-403) | |
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| | Kucha, ancient Silk Road kingdom and Buddhist center on the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert (Han-Tang period), in present-day Aksu, Xinjiang | |
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| | Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴, Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑, Jie 羯, Di 氐, Qiang 羌, esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国 | |
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| | Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia, 698–926 | |
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| | Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350) | |
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| | Charles Grey (1764-1845), prime minister of the United Kingdom 1830-34 | |
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| | to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义) (idiom) | |
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| | short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province | |
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| | Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
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