"秦王扫六合,虎视何雄哉!"
English translation: the king of Qin unified the realm with the force of thunder...
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| Chinese to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - History / 中国历史:秦始皇统一中国 | |||||||
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| 4 +3 | the king of Qin unified the realm with the force of thunder... |
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| 3 | grand bearing of Qin troops sweeping onto the alliance of 6 opposing powers |
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| "秦王扫六合,虎视何雄哉!"的赫赫军容 grand bearing of Qin troops sweeping onto the alliance of 6 opposing powers Explanation: This may make it easier to structure the sentence. |
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peer agreement (net): +3the king of Qin unified the realm with the force of thunder... Explanation: the king of Qin (the first emperor) unified the realm with the force of thunder, watching it succumbing under his tiger-like glare -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2008-01-23 11:36:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 六合 does not refer to the 6 rival states of Qin but the 6 directions of the world (E, S, W, N + heaven and earth), thus = the whole world, or the realm for literary experssion. Taiwan: 教育部國語辭典簡編本: 上下和東南西北。後指天地、宇宙或天下、人世間。六合之外，聖人存而不論。（莊子˙齊物論） -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2008-01-23 11:37:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://140.111.34.46/cgi-bin/jdict/GetContent.cgi?DocNum=145... |
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