新五代史
Xīn Wǔ dài shǐ
Pinyin

Definition

新五代史
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Xīn Wǔ dài shǐ
  1. Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Èr shí sì Shǐ], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ōu yáng Xiū] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

五
wǔ
  1. 1 five
  2. 2 5
新
Xīn
  1. 1 abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xīn jiāng] or Singapore 新加坡[Xīn jiā pō]
  2. 2 surname Xin
新增
xīn zēng
  1. 1 newly added
  2. 2 additional
  3. 3 to add (to what already exists)
新年
xīn nián
  1. 1 New Year
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
新春
xīn chūn
  1. 1 the beginning of Spring
  2. 2 the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
  1. 1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
  2. 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)