演義

Simplified: 演义

yǎnyì ㄧㄢˇ ㄧˋ

    • to dramatize historical events
    • novel or play on historical theme

Character by character

Other words read yǎnyì

In the same tone

yanyi with other tones

  • 研議 yányì deliberate over
  • 顏藝 yányì art of making humorously exaggerated facial expressions

Near homophones of yanyi

  • 洋溢 yángyì brimming with
  • 楊億 yángyì Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet

Words with 演義

Ending with 演義

  • 三國演義 sānguóyǎnyì Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 罗贯中 luóguànzhōng, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 刘备 liúbèi Shu Han 蜀汉 shǔhàn as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 cáocāo Wei 魏 wèi as villains
  • 封神演義 fēngshényǎnyì Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 zhōuwǔwáng overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
  • 隋唐演義 suítángyǎnyì Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人获 chǔrénhuò
  • 歷朝通俗演義 lìcháotōngsúyǎnyì Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡东藩
  • 民國通俗演義 mínguótōngsúyǎnyì Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 许廑父

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