| 唐宋八大家 |
Táng Sòng bā dà jiā |
the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修, the three Su's 三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾巩 |
| 唐 |
Táng |
Tang dynasty (618–907) / surname Tang |
| 唐 |
táng |
to exaggerate / empty / in vain / old variant of 螗 |
| 唐宋 |
Táng Sòng |
the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties |
| 宋 |
Sòng |
surname Song / the Song dynasty (960–1279) / Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋 |
| 八 |
bā |
eight |
| 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 |