| 乾嘉三大家 |
Qián Jiā sān dà jiā |
Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 赵翼 |
| 乾 |
qián |
old variant of 乾 |
| 乾 |
Qián |
surname Qian |
| 乾 |
qián |
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest) |
| 乾 |
qián |
variant of 乾 |
| 嘉 |
Jiā |
surname Jia |
| 嘉 |
jiā |
excellent / auspicious / to praise / to commend |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大家 |
dà jiā |
everyone / influential family / great expert |
| 家 |
jiā |
used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
| 家 |
jiā |
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个 |