三国

sān guó

Definitions

1. Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history
2. any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[xīn luó] in 658

Words Containing 三国

• 三国演义 sān guó yǎn yì: Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[luó guàn zhōng], 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[liú bèi] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[shǔ hàn] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[cáo cāo] Wei 魏[wèi] as villains
• 三国志 sān guó zhì: History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[chén shòu] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[jìn cháo], 65 scrolls
• 第三国际 dì sān guó jì: see 共產國際|共产国际[gòng chǎn guó jì]

Child Words of 三国

• 三 sān: three
• 国 guó: country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])