五代史
Wǔ dài shǐ
Pinyin
Definition
五代史
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- History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Èr shí sì Shǐ], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xuē Jū zhèng] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Běi Sòng], 150 scrolls
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 five
- 2 5
- 1 to substitute
- 2 to act on behalf of others
- 3 to replace
- 4 generation
- 5 dynasty
- 6 age
- 7 period
- 8 (historical) era
- 9 (geological) eon
- 1 Time, US weekly news magazine
Idioms (20)
一五一十
- 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
三五成群
- 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三令五申
- 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三番五次
- 1 over and over again (idiom)
三纲五常
- 1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
- 2 the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)