Pinyin Dictionary results for "si ma"

司马
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima
司马光
Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴
司马懿
Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
司马承帧
Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty
司马昭
Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4]
司马昭之心路人皆知
lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom); fig. an open secret
司马法
“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴[Si1 ma3 Rang2 ju1]
司马炎
Sima Yan (236-290), founding emperor of Jin dynasty 晋 after the Three Kingdoms period, reigned 265-290 as Emperor Wu of Jin 晉武帝
司马穰苴
Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2] and author of “Methods of Sima” 司馬法|司马法[Si1 ma3 Fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
司马谈
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1]
司马迁
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
司马辽太郎
SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
死马当活马医
lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom); fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
一言既出,驷马难追
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
君子一言,驷马难追
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
塔斯马尼亚
Tasmania (Tw)
易司马仪
Ismail (name); Shāh Ismāil I (1487-1524), founder of Persian Safavid dynasty, reigned 1501-1524
缠丝玛瑙
sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)
蛛丝马迹
lit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces; clue
阿斯马拉
Asmara, capital of Eritrea
Dictionary data provided by CC-CEDICT