| 魏晋 |
Wèi Jìn |
Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties |
| 魏 |
Wèi |
surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history |
| 魏 |
wèi |
tower over a palace gateway (old) |
| 晋 |
Jìn |
surname Jin / the Jin Dynasties (265-420) / Western Jin 西晋 (265-316), Eastern Jin 东晋 (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946) / short name for Shanxi province 山西 |
| 晋 |
jìn |
to move forward / to promote / to advance |