| 燕太子丹 |
Yān Tài zǐ Dān |
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC |
| 燕 |
Yān |
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337–370), Later Yan 后燕 (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409–436) / surname Yan |
| 燕 |
yàn |
swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴 |
| 燕 |
yàn |
variant of 燕 |
| 太 |
tài |
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely |
| 太子 |
tài zǐ |
crown prince |
| 太子丹 |
Tài zǐ Dān |
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |
| 丹 |
dān |
red / pellet / powder / cinnabar |