| 六朝四大家 |
Liù Cháo Sì Dà jiā |
Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不兴, Gu Kaizhi 顾恺之, Lu Tanwei 陆探微 and Zhang Sengyou 张僧繇 |
| 六 |
liù |
six / 6 |
| 六 |
lù |
used in place names |
| 六朝 |
Liù Cháo |
Six Dynasties (220-589) |
| 朝 |
Cháo |
abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea |
| 朝 |
cháo |
imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards |
| 朝 |
zhāo |
morning |
| 四 |
sì |
four / 4 |
| 四大 |
sì dà |
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鸣大放, 大辩论, 大字报 (PRC) |
| 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 |