| 诸葛亮 |
Zhū gě Liàng |
Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind |
| 诸 |
Zhū |
surname Zhu |
| 诸 |
zhū |
all / various |
| 诸葛 |
Zhū gě |
two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2] |
| 葛 |
Gě |
surname Ge |
| 葛 |
gé |
kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth |
| 亮 |
liàng |
bright; light / to shine; to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc) |