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演义

yǎn yì

2-character word Traditional 演義

What 演义 means

1. to dramatize historical events
2. novel or play on historical theme

The characters in 演义

• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…
• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning

Example sentences

• 中国的四大名着是《西游记》《三国演义》《水浒传》和《红楼梦》。
  The Four Great Classical Novels of China are Journey to the West (西遊記, Xī Yóu Jì), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義, Sānguó Yǎnyì), Water Margin (水滸傳, Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn), and Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢, Hóng Lóu Mèng).

Words containing 演义

• 三国演义Sān guó Yǎn yìRomance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 罗贯中
• 封神演义Fēng shén Yǎn yìInvestiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy…
• 历朝通俗演义lì cháo tōng sú yǎn yìDramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan…
• 民国通俗演义Mín guó tōng sú yǎn yìDramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡东藩, and later chapters…
• 隋唐演义Suí Táng Yǎn yìDramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人获

Sounds the same

Read yǎn yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 演绎(of a story etc) to unfold; to play out; to develop (a technique etc); to enact
• 演艺performing arts