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上下五千年

Shàng xià Wǔ Qiān niándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[Cáo Yú zhāng]
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Original source entry:

上下五千年 上下五千年 [Shang4 xia4 Wu3 Qian1 nian2] /Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[Cao2 Yu2 zhang1]/

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  • 上
    shǎng

    used in 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]

    shàng

    (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above

  • 下
    xià

    down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

  • 五
    wǔ

    five / 5

  • 千
    qiān

    thousand / used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiū qiān]

  • 年
    nián

    year / CL:個|个[gè] / grain / harvest (old)

    Nián

    surname Nian

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