五代十国
Traditional form:
五代十國
Pinyin (reading):
Wǔdài Shíguó
Definitions:
- Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
Characters:
- 五 - five; surname
- 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
- 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 国 - country, nation, state; national
Traditional characters: