| 民国通俗演义 |
Mín guó tōng sú yǎn yì |
Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 许廑父 |
| 民 |
Mín |
surname Min |
| 民 |
mín |
(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country |
| 民国 |
Mín guó |
Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) |
| 国 |
Guó |
surname Guo |
| 国 |
guó |
country; nation; state / (bound form) national |
| 通 |
tōng |
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 |
tòng |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
| 通俗 |
tōng sú |
common / everyday / average |
| 俗 |
sú |
custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular |
| 演 |
yǎn |
to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task) |
| 演义 |
yǎn yì |
to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme |
| 义 |
Yì |
surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 义大利) |
| 义 |
yì |
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship |