Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China

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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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courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮
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
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
scenic area near Xiangyang 襄陽|襄阳 in Hubei, known as the secluded mountainous location where Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 lived as a young man
temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)
two remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜 and 諸葛亮|诸葛亮)
the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮)

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