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新五代史

Xīn Wǔ dài shǐ

4-character word

What 新五代史 means

1. Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories {二十四史|Èr shí sì Shǐ}, compiled under Ouyang Xiu {欧阳修|Ōu yáng Xiū} in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls

The characters in 新五代史

• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 五wǔfive; 5
• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 史shǐhistory; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China