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Period of Disunity

Chinese translation: 割据时代 or 分裂时期

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English term or phrase:Period of Disunity
Chinese translation:割据时代 or 分裂时期
Entered by: SeiTT

07:18 Jan 27, 2018
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / Chinese History
English term or phrase: Period of Disunity
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Please, what do you call the “Period of Disunity”, which lasted from 220–589 AD? I think it's also known as the “Age of Disunity”.

Reference:
https://etcweb.princeton.edu/asianart/timeperiod_china.jsp?c...

Best wishes, and many thanks,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:00
割据时代 or 分裂时期
Explanation:
FYI


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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-01-27 11:09:48 GMT)
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@Che-Ying Lee is right about this, should be 魏晋南北朝.
Please refer to the the reference link SeiTT posted and the wiki link below:
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/魏晋南北朝
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Ken Ho
China
Local time: 02:00
Grading comment
Many thanks, super!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3魏晉南北朝
Che-Ying Lee
5 +3割据时代 or 分裂时期
Ken Ho
4六朝时代
Kuan Thing Khoo
4三国两晋南北朝
pkchan


  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
period of disunity
魏晉南北朝


Explanation:
Han Dynasty and the Period of Disunity are called ''魏晉南北朝''

Che-Ying Lee
Taiwan
Local time: 02:00
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Ho: Should be 魏晋南北朝. Like @kuanthingkhoo mentioned below, it is capitalized. Here is the wiki link for it: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/魏晋南北朝
1 hr
agree  David Lin
17 hrs
agree  Xiaoyue Zhou
4 days
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
period of disunity
六朝时代


Explanation:
If "period of disunity" I might use "分裂时期".
But if "Period of Disunity" as a special term, I'd use "六朝时代"

Kuan Thing Khoo
Malaysia
Local time: 02:00
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in MalayMalay
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
period of disunity
割据时代 or 分裂时期


Explanation:
FYI


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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-01-27 11:09:48 GMT)
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@Che-Ying Lee is right about this, should be 魏晋南北朝.
Please refer to the the reference link SeiTT posted and the wiki link below:
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/魏晋南北朝

Ken Ho
China
Local time: 02:00
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks, super!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Randy Wong
48 mins
agree  wei xia
5 hrs
agree  Jinhang Wang
1 day 6 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
period of disunity
三国两晋南北朝


Explanation:
中国简史三国_中国历史英语概况_历史文化-原版英语学习网手机版
3g.en8848.com.cn/read/culture/chinahistory/86643.html - Translate this page
Feb 9, 2008 - era of disunity. the collapse of the han dynasty was followed by nearly four centuries of rule by warlords. the age of civil wars and disunity began with the era of the three kingdoms （wei， shu， and wu， which had overlapping reigns during the period a.d. 220-80）。 in later times， fiction and drama greatly ...

Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties 魏晋南北朝(三国两晋南北朝 ...
https://chinesehistoryandcultureblog.wordpress.com/.../wei-j...
Apr 30, 2017 - Three General Periods can be divided between Han Dynasty and Sui Dynasty. It is a period known as an age of disunity or division. It can be divided into three periods. Three Kingdoms 三国(220 AD- 280 AD); Jin Dynasty 晋朝(265 AD – 420 AD): It includes Western Jin and Eastern Jin. Northern and ...

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魏晋南北朝- 维基百科，自由的百科全书
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/魏晋南北朝
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魏晋南北朝（220年—589年），又称三国两晋南北朝，是中國歷史上的一段長達四百年的混亂時期，朝代更迭速度很快，並存在有多个政权並存的局面。 這個時期由220年曹丕篡東漢帝位，自立曹魏開始，到589年隋朝滅南朝陳而重新统一结束，共369年。可分為三國時期（曹魏，蜀汉与孙吴并立）、西晉時期（與東晉合稱晉朝）、東晉與十六 ...
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pkchan
United States
Local time: 14:00
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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