三侠五义 / 三俠五義

sān​xiá​wǔ​yì

The Three Heroic Knights and Five Righteous Brothers

A classic 19th-century novel of the late Qing dynasty, based on storytelling by [[石玉昆|石玉昆|shi2 yu4 kun1]], featuring the adventures of judge [[包公|包公|bao1 gong1]] and various martial arts heroes.

三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 侠 (literal) → 侠/俠 · xiá · knight-errant 五 (literal) → 五 · wǔ · five 义 (literal) → 义/義 · yì · justice

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM