Qián Jiā Sān Dà jiā

乾嘉三大家 (Qián Jiā Sān Dà jiā) is a Chinese word meaning “the three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735–1820), who championed personal expression and innovation in Qing poetry: Yuan Mei 袁枚[Yuan2 Mei2], Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨[Jiang3 Shi4 quan2] and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼[Zhao4 Yi4]”.

Meanings

  1. 1the three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735–1820), who championed personal expression and innovation in Qing poetry: Yuan Mei 袁枚[Yuan2 Mei2], Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨[Jiang3 Shi4 quan2] and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼[Zhao4 Yi4]

Characters in 乾嘉三大家

乾qián · one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven嘉jiā · excellent三sān · three大dà · big; large; great家jiā · used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]

Related words

大big; large; great大see 大夫[dai4 fu5]家used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家home大家everyone三three三surname San家伙household dish, implement or furniture家伙variant of 家伙[jia1 huo5]回家to return home国家country; nation; state家庭family; household

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