单词 | sui |
释义 | Suin.1adj. A. n.1 A dynasty which ruled over a united China from 589 to 618, following a period of divided rule by the Northern and Southern dynasties.Before gaining control of the whole of China in 589, the Sui ruled the north of the country from 581. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > dynasty > [noun] > specific Chinese or Mongol members of Song1657 Tang1669 Sui1736 Yuan1788 Qin1790 Ming1795 Wei1952 Shang-Yin1958 1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China I. 387 (heading) The twelfth dynasty, called Souy [Fr. Souy], which had three emperors in the space of 29 years. 1796 W. Winterbotham Hist. View Chinese Empire I. 6 The whole of their [sc. China's] emperors..are comprehended in twenty-two dynasties, mentioned in the following table..Chin..Swi..Twang [etc.]. 1897 J. MacGowan Hist. China xix. 261 Yang-Kien was forty-eight years old when he became Emperor... He gave his dynasty the name of Sui. 1972 Trans. Oriental Ceramic Soc. 38 29 Much that is ascribed to Sui..should be placed in the opening generations of T'ang. 2006 V. C. Xiong Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty 3 The Sui, a comparatively ephemeral regime, seems to pale before the splendor of the Tang. B. adj. Designating a dynasty which ruled over a united China from 589 to 618 (see sense A.); of or relating to this dynasty. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > dynasty > [adjective] > other specific Asian Achaemenian1661 Seleucian1715 Han1736 Sui1738 Song1759 Sassanian1788 Seleucidan1803 Tang1831 Qin1834 Safavi1835 Ming1836 Yin1846 Achaemenid1852 Seleucidic1853 Sassanid1867 Tokugawa1876 Safavid1887 Timurid1889 Seleucid1904 Sargonid1913 1738 tr. J. B. Du Halde Descr. Empire China I. 609 The Swi dynasty. a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 550/1 The tower of Kao-ming-chi, with its gardens, temple and pavilions, erected by Kao-tsu of the Swi dynasty. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 195/2 This period of disorder was brought to a close by the establishment of the Suy dynasty. 1958 W. Willetts Chinese Art I. v. 310 The Sui Emperors were great patrons of Buddhism. 1969 Guardian 2 July 3/2 A 15-inch terra cotta horse of the Sui period (seventh century AD), is offered for £6,000. 2006 V. C. Xiong Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty 4 Traditionally considered a tyrant, Yangdi was blamed for the decline of the Sui empire's fortunes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). suin.2 Chess. Now rare. A chess problem in which one player (usually White, moving first) must force the other to deliver checkmate, typically within a specified number of moves; a checkmate forced in this way; = sui-mate n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > problems jeopardyc1369 problem1817 Indian problem1846 mover1868 Indian1878 retractive problem1890 waiting problem1891 retractor1893 help-mate1897 sui1897 miniature1903 waiter1906 grab theme1909 fairy chess1914 King's (or Queen's) Indian1931 1897 F. R. Gittins Chess Bouquet 118 We commend the above little stratagem to our solvers. Even the most prejudiced opponent of suis must gaze and admire. 1914 Problem 18 Apr. 28/1 (heading) Unscrambling a sui. 1965 New Statesman 16 Apr. 625 This one is a ‘sui in 5’, and..what matters is for White to commit suicide..by forcing Black to mate him in five moves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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