五胡
Wǔ hú
Pinyin
Definition
五胡
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- Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiōng nú], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xiān bēi], Jie 羯[Jié], Di 氐[Dī], Qiang 羌[Qiāng], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[Wǔ hú Shí liù guó]
Character Decomposition
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)