五ご代だい

noun

Five Dynasties (of China, 907-979)

Historical term referring to the period of five successive short-lived dynasties in China between the Tang and Song dynasties. Often used in the compound 五代十国 (Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms).

See also: 五代十国 (ごだいじっこく) · 後梁 (こうりょう) · 後唐 (こうとう) · 後晋 (こうしん) · 後漢 (ごかん) · 後周 (こうしゅう)

• 五ご代だい十じっ国こく時じ代だいは中ちゅう国ごく史しの中なかでも特とくに混こん乱らんした時じ代だいの一ひとつです。

  The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period is one of the most chaotic eras in Chinese history.

• 五ご代だいの最さい後ごの王おう朝ちょうは後こう周しゅうです。

  The last dynasty of the Five Dynasties was the Later Zhou.