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jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]
三国演义 Sān guó Yǎn Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], 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 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
汉族 Hàn Han ethnic group
田汉 Tián Hàn Tian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲|义勇军进行曲
Hàn Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
三家村 Sān jiā cūn (lit.) village of three households / the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓[Deng4 Tuo4], Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗[Wu2 Han2] and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙[Liao4 Mo4 sha1], criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution
Shǔ short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
五刑 xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
汉代 Hàn dài the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
韩国 Hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea) / (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[Zhan4guo2 Qi1xiong2]
建安 Jiàn ān reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty
Hán Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han
jiān see 犂靬[Li2 jian1], Han dynasty name for countries in far West
Hàn surname Han / Taiwan pr. [Gan3]
大秦 Qín Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國|罗马帝国[Luo2 ma3 Di4 guo2]
秦汉 Qín Hàn the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
西汉 Hàn Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
西域 Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])
安徒生 Ān shēng Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
汉江 Hàn jiāng Han River
汉书 Hàn shū History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
说文解字 Shuō wén Jiě Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xu3 Shen4] in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries
貂蝉 Diāo Chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
匈奴 Xiōng Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties


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