| 契丹国志 |
Qì dān Guó zhì |
History of the Liao Dynasty, 13th-century book on the history of the Khitan Empire (916-1125) |
| 契 |
qì |
to carve / carved words / to agree / a contract / a deed |
| 契丹 |
Qì dān |
Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 辽河 |
| 丹 |
dān |
red / pellet / powder / cinnabar |
| 国 |
Guó |
surname Guo |
| 国 |
guó |
country; nation; state / (bound form) national |
| 志 |
zhì |
aspiration / ambition / the will |
| 志 |
zhì |
sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote |