晋朝

晉朝

Jìncháo

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Meanings

1 Jin dynasty (265–420 AD)
2 reunified China briefly after the Three Kingdoms, split into Western Jin and Eastern Jin

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Examples

晋朝分为西晋和东晋。

Jìncháo fēn wéi Xījìn hé Dōngjìn.

The Jin dynasty is divided into Western Jin and Eastern Jin.

王羲之是晋朝著名的书法家。

Wáng Xīzhī shì Jìncháo zhùmíng de shūfǎjiā.

Wang Xizhi was a famous calligrapher of the Jin dynasty.

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history

Founded by Sima Yan (司马炎) in 265 when he deposed the last Wei emperor — the Sima family had spent a generation out-manoeuvring Cao Cao's heirs. Western Jin briefly reunited China (280) but collapsed into the Sixteen Kingdoms, pushing the court south to become Eastern Jin.

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晋 Jìn

朝 cháo