hàn wèi
to defend
to uphold
to safeguard
nán wei
to bother
to press sb, usu. to do sth
it's a tough job
sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor)
gōng wei
to praise
to speak highly of
compliment
praise
Wèi
surname Wei
name of vassal state of 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 from the fall of the Han
the Wei dynasty 221-265
Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods
Cáo Cāo
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕
the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
Wèi Jìn Nán Běi Cháo
Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties
generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui
Sān guó yǎn yì
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Lúo 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, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢|刘备, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains
Máng
Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
Máng shān
Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
Běi Máng
Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
Hàn wèi
title of Khan (King in Persian, Mongol and Manchu)
Hàn mò Wèi chū
late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
bù gǎn gōng wei
to be underwhelmed
to be less than impressed
Sān guó Yǎn yì
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, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢|刘备, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains
gōng wei
variant of 恭維|恭维[gong1 wei5]
Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì
lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom)
fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky
(former KMT slogan against CPC) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
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