诸葛亮
Traditional form:
諸葛亮
Pinyin (reading):
Zhūgě Liàng
Definitions:
- Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉 ( Shǔ Hàn) during the Three Kingdoms period
- the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義／三国演义 ( Sānguo Yǎnyi), where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius
- (fig.) a mastermind
Characters:
- 诸 - all, many, various; surname
- 葛 - an edible bean; vine; surname
- 亮 - bright, brilliant, radiant, light
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