sān yí jiào

三夷教 (sān yí jiào) is a Chinese word meaning “the three foreign religions that had been introduced to China by the time of the Tang dynasty: Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism”.

Meanings

  1. 1the three foreign religions that had been introduced to China by the time of the Tang dynasty: Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism

Characters in 三夷教

三sān · three夷yí · non-Han people, esp. to the East of China教jiāo · to teach; to instruct

Related words

三three三surname San教to teach; to instruct教(bound form) to teach; to instruct教surname Jiao教堂church; chapel教练to coach; to train教授professor教育to educate教训to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid三明治(loanword) sandwich宗教religion

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