1.the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists)2.fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
1.Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history2.any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新罗[xīn luó] in 658
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 罗贯中[luó guàn zhōng], 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[liú bèi] Shu Han 蜀汉[shǔ hàn] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[cáo cāo] Wei 魏[wèi] as villains
1.(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jiè yuán], metropolitan 会元[huì yuán] and palace 状元[zhuàng yuán]2.see 三元区[sān yuán qū]
1.lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义[sān guó yǎn yì] in which Liu Bei 刘备[liú bèi] recruits Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮[zhū gě liàng] to his cause by visiting him three times)2.fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb