三国演义 sān guó yǎn yì

DEFINITIONS

  1. 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
  2. a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備|刘备, 蜀漢|蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains

CHARACTERS

三 sān
HSK 1
three
国 guó
HSK 1
nation, country, nation-state
演 yǎn
HSK 4
perform, put on; exercise
义 yì
HSK 5
right conduct, righteousness