[ごこじゅうろっこく, gokojuurokkoku](n) Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China from 304 to 439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period[Add to Longdo]
[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[Add to Longdo]
[さんごく, sangoku](n) (1) three countries; (2) Japan, China & India; Japan, Korea & China; all the world; (3) Three Kingdoms (of ancient China[Add to Longdo]
[さんごくじだい, sangokujidai](n) (1) Three Kingdoms period (of Chinese history, 220-280 CE); (2) Three Kingdoms period (of Korean history, 4th-7th centuries CE)[Add to Longdo]