粵

諸zyu1葛got3亮loeng6

simp诸葛亮
zyu1 got3 loeng6Zhū gě Liàng

English

  1. Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period
  2. Zhuge Liang
  3. the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius
  4. (fig.) a mastermind

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 歷史人物;三國時期蜀漢嘅政治家及軍事家(181年-234年),字孔明,係傳統文化入面智者嘅表表者。受劉備邀請出山,而流傳三顧茅廬嘅典故。

Examples

  • 刘备和诸葛亮是一支无法战胜的队伍。

    Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are an unbeatable team.

    Tatoeba · FeuDRenais CC BY

  • 但是,当然啦,事后诸葛亮总是好当。

    But, of course, hindsight is 20-20.

    Tatoeba · irrationale CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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