| 唐初四大家 |
Táng chū Sì Dà jiā |
Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang / refers to Yu Shinan 虞世南, Ouyang Xun 欧阳询, Chu Suiliang 褚遂良 and Xue Ji 薛稷 |
| 唐 |
Táng |
Tang dynasty (618-907) / surname Tang |
| 唐 |
táng |
to exaggerate / empty / in vain / old variant of 螗 |
| 初 |
chū |
at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic |
| 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 |