魏书
Wèi shū
Pinyin

Definition

魏书
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Wèi shū
  1. History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Èr shí sì Shǐ], compiled by Wei Shou 魏收[Wèi Shōu] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐[Běi Qí], 114 scrolls

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

魏
Wèi
  1. 1 surname Wei
  2. 2 name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States
  3. 3 Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han
  4. 4 the Wei dynasty 221-265
  5. 5 Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods
魏国
Wèi guó
  1. 1 Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄
  2. 2 Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
北魏
Běi Wèi
  1. 1 Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
魏晋
Wèi Jìn
  1. 1 Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
围魏救赵
wéi Wèi jiù Zhào
  1. 1 lit. to besiege 魏[Wèi] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhào] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
曹魏
Cáo Wèi
  1. 1 Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
东魏
Dōng Wèi
  1. 1 Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
阿魏
ā wèi
  1. 1 Ferula resin (used in TCM)
  2. 2 Resina Ferulae
魏巍
Wèi Wēi
  1. 1 Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 about the Korean war
魏征
Wèi Zhēng
  1. 1 Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书
魏忠贤
Wèi Zhōng xián
  1. 1 Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
魏书
Wèi shū
  1. 1 History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Èr shí sì Shǐ], compiled by Wei Shou 魏收[Wèi Shōu] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐[Běi Qí], 114 scrolls
魏源
Wèi Yuán
  1. 1 Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
魏玛
Wèi mǎ
  1. 1 Weimar
魏县
Wèi xiàn
  1. 1 Wei county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Hán dān], Hebei

Idioms (1)

围魏救赵
wéi Wèi jiù Zhào
  1. 1 lit. to besiege 魏[Wèi] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhào] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers

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