三皇五帝

Sānhuáng Wǔdì
  1. (Chinese mythology) the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
  2. the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors

Wiktionary

Homographs

三皇五帝 sānhuángwǔdì
  1. three sovereigns 三皇 sānhuáng and five emperors 五帝 wǔdì of myth and legend
  2. the earliest system of Chinese historiography

Entry Composition

=1 三皇 sānhuáng the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人 Suìrén, Fuxi 伏羲 Fú Xī and Shennong 神农 Shénnóng, or 天皇 Tiānhuáng, 地皇 Dìhuáng and 人皇 Rénhuáng
=1 三皇 Sānhuáng
  1. (Chinese mythology) the Three Sovereigns
  2. the Three Sovereigns
=2 五帝 wǔdì the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黄帝 Huángdì, Zhuanxu 颛顼 Zhuānxū, Di Ku 帝喾 Dì Kù, Tang Yao 唐尧 Táng Yáo and Yu Shun 虞舜 Yú Shùn
=2 五帝 Wǔdì
  1. (Chinese mythology) the Five Emperors
  2. the Five Emperors