(n) the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall, Syn. Ch'in, Qin dynasty, Ch'in dynasty
[孟姜女, Mèng jiāng nǚㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄩˇ] heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body, See Also: 秦朝#65569
[舒梦兰 / 舒夢蘭, Shū Mèng lánㄕㄨ ㄇㄥˋ ㄌㄢˊ] Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜|白香词谱, See Also: 白香詞譜, 白香词谱
[がっしょうれんこう, gasshourenkou] (n) (See 合従, 連衡) alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making & breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient