1Zhang Fei, general of Shu Han and sworn brother of Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms period, famous in 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' as a ferocious fighter
General of Shu Han and sworn brother of 刘备 and 关羽 in the Oath of the Peach Garden. In 三国演义 and folk sayings he is the black-bearded, hot-tempered but loyal fighter.
Zhang Fei is a fierce general in 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'.
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culture
张飞 turns up in many 歇后语, two-part sayings whose second half is the punchline: 张飞吃豆芽, 小菜一碟, 'Zhang Fei eating bean sprouts: a piece of cake', and 张飞穿针, 粗中有细, 'Zhang Fei threading a needle: rough but careful'.
history
In the novel he fights with the 丈八蛇矛, an 'eighteen-foot serpent spear': a 丈 was ten Chinese feet. History records that at Changban he held a bridge with some twenty horsemen and dared 曹操's army to fight; no one came near.
