三国 (三國)
Sān guó
Pinyin

Definition

三国 (三國)
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Sān guó
  1. Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history
  2. several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xīn luó] in 658

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
三岔口
Sān chà kǒu
  1. 1 At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn]

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

Sample Sentences

宋代文学家苏轼的《念奴娇》一词为宋词豪放派的代表作之一，又名《赤壁怀古》。上阙因景生情，从江水滔滔流去联想到消逝在历史长河中的英雄人物，人说赤壁为三国时代古战场，当年周公瑾在此，以弱胜强，击退曹魏，确立三国鼎立之势。
Sòng Dài wénxuéjiā Sū Shì de 《 niànnújiāo 》yī cí wèi Sòngcí háofàng pài de dàibiǎozuò zhīyī ，yòu míng 《 Chìbì huái gǔ 》。shàng què yīn jǐng shēng qíng ，cóng jiāng shuǐ tāotāo liú qù liánxiǎng dào xiāoshì zài lìshǐ cháng hé zhōng de yīngxióng rénwù ，rén shuō Chìbì wèi Sānguó shídài gǔ zhànchǎng ，dāngnián Zhōu Gōngjǐn zài cǐ ，yǐ ruò shèng strong ，jītuì Cáowèi ，quèlì Sānguó dǐnglì zhī shì 。
Song Dynasty literati Su Shi's ci poem 'The Charm of the Courtesan Niannu' is representative of the bold and unconstrained ci faction, and is also called 'Recalling the Past on the Red Cliffs'. The first section uses the landscape to set the tone, from the gurgling flow of the river we think of the historical figures who have disappeared in the river of time. It is said that the red cliffs were the site of an ancient battle during the Three Kingdoms Period. At that time Zhou Yu triumphed from a position of weakness here, forcing the Cao Wei to retreat and ensuring the continuance of the triumvirate states.
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那撒向江水的一樽酒，便连接了这虚幻与真实，仿佛穿越了时空，把诗人孤单却激越的情怀投入了那冠盖云集的古三国战场上，也让他寂寥的心得到了些许慰藉。
nà sā xiàng jiāng shuǐ de yī zūn jiǔ ，biàn liánjiē le zhè xūhuàn yǔ zhēnshí ，fǎngfú chuānyuè le shíkōng ，bǎ shīrén gūdān què jīyuè de qínghuái tóurù le nà guàngàiyúnjí de gǔ guó zhànchǎng shàng ，yě ràng tā jìliáo de xīn dédào le xiē xǔ wèijiè 。
The cup of alcohol sprinkled on the river water, links the illusory with the real, as if passing through time and space, infusing the poet's lonely yet intense mood into the overcast skies of the battleground of the Three Kingdoms, giving some consolation to his lonely heart.
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大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。故垒西边，人道是，三国周郎赤壁。乱石崩云，惊涛裂岸，卷起千堆雪。江山如画，一时多少豪杰。
dà jiāng dōng qù ，làng táo jìn ，qiān gǔ fēngliú rénwù 。gùlěi xībiān ，rén dào shì ，Sānguó Zhōu láng Chìbì 。luàn shí bēng yún ，jīng tāo liè àn ，juǎn qǐ qiān duī xuě 。jiāng shān rú huà ，yīshí duōshao háojié 。
The vast Yangtze gushes endlessly eastwards, who knows how many heroes have been dashed away by its flow. Westwards of the old camp, people say are the red cliffs were Zhou Yu defeated Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms Period. There, the ragged cliffs tower into the clouds, the terrifying waves seem to want to tear at the river banks, stirring up snow-white surf in the tens of thousands. The beautiful rivers and mountains are like a painting; but how many heroic figures have been born amid them?
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三国演义不一样，那是经典。
Sānguóyǎnyì bù yīyàng ，nà shì jīngdiǎn 。
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is different, that's a classic.
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这我不能完全同意你，你说的言情、武侠，写得好的，叫做通俗文学，红楼梦、三国演义难道不是好书？
zhè wǒ bùnéng wánqu��n tóngyì nǐ ，nǐshuōde yán qíng 、wǔxiá ，xiě de hǎo de ，jiàozuò tōngsú wénxué ，Hónglóumèng 、Sānguóyǎnyì nándào bùshì hǎo shū ？
I can't agree with you completely on that, well-written romance and martial arts novels are called popular literature, don't you think that Dreams of Red Chamber and Romance of the Three Kingdoms are good books?
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曹操和诸葛亮就是《三国演义》里的吧？
Cáo Cāo hé ZhūGě liàng jiùshì 《Sānguóyǎnyì 》lǐ de ba ？
Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang are from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," right?
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三国演义》是一部历史小说。写的是魏、蜀、吴三个国家之间的战争。
Sānguóyǎnyì 》shì yī bù lìshǐ xiǎoshuō 。xiě de shì Wèi 、Shǔ 、Wú sān ge guójiā zhījiān de zhànzhēng 。
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a historical novel. It's about the war between the kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu.
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三国演义》。听说过吗？
Sānguóyǎnyì 》。tīngshuō guo ma ？
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms." Have you heard of it?
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三国里面，最后谁赢了？
Sānguó lǐmiàn ，zuìhòu shéi yíng le ？
Who won in the end between the three of them?
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因为我话多，你们就把我赶走啊。不玩了，我去隔壁玩三国杀了。
yīnwèi wǒ huà duō ，nǐmen jiù bǎ wǒ gǎnzǒu a 。bù wán le ，wǒ qù gébì wán Sānguó Shā le 。
Just because I talked a lot you all drove me out. I'm done. I'm going next door to play Killers of the Three Kingdoms.
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