the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1 yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1], the three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1 shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
Characters in this word
5唐
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Tang dynasty (618–907), surname Tang
- Pinyin
- Táng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4035 of 2500
宋
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surname Song, the Song dynasty (960–1279), Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- Pinyin
- Sòng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 10638 of 2500
八
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eight
- Pinyin
- bā
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 3655 of 2500
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
家
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used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
- Pinyin
- jiā
- Traditional
- 傢
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 400 of 2500