| 三国演义 |
Sān guó Yǎn yì |
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 刘备 Shu Han 蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 三国 |
Sān guó |
Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新罗 in 658 |
| 国 |
Guó |
surname Guo |
| 国 |
guó |
country; nation; state / (bound form) national |
| 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) abbr. for 义大利, Italy |
| 义 |
yì |
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship |