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諸葛亮

简诸葛亮 · 繁諸葛亮

Mandarin · pinyin Zhū gě Liàng

Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢 Shǔ Hàn during the Three Kingdoms period
the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義 Sān guó Yǎn yì, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius
(fig.) a mastermind

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葛: gé · edible bean; surname
亮: liàng · bright, brilliant, radiant, light
诸: zhū · various, all, these; surname

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1–3–4 · Zhu1 ge3 Liang4

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noun

(figurative) mastermind; strategist

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