西晋

西晉

Xījìn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Western Jin dynasty (265-316)
2 first half of the Jin, capital at Luoyang, briefly reunified China

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

西晋结束了三国分裂的局面。

Xījìn jiéshù le Sānguó fēnliè de júmiàn.

The Western Jin ended the fragmentation of the Three Kingdoms.

HSK 7-9

西晋因八王之乱而衰落。

Xījìn yīn Bāwáng zhī Luàn ér shuāiluò.

The Western Jin declined due to the War of the Eight Princes.

Tips

history

Lasted barely 50 years. The 八王之乱 (War of the Eight Princes, 291-306) tore it apart from within, and the 永嘉之乱 of 311 saw Xiongnu forces sack Luoyang - survivors fled south to become the Eastern Jin.

Stroke Order

西 xī

晋 Jìn