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Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Also known as "San Guo Yian Yi". A historical novel written by Luo Guanzhong. The setting of the story is based on the 3 kingdoms era. The 3 kingdoms were know as "Wei, Shu, and Wu". While Romance of the three kingdoms focuses more in to the "Shu" side (Liu Bei's side), and tends to fictionalize and fantasize them. 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' also views Liu Bei's enemy, Cao Cao, as a ruthless, evil tyrant. The novel also weakened and looked down many non-Shu characters as well

Most of the characters are historical characters from 3 kingdoms, but most of the "historical events" are fake. I'll point out the significant events
- Burning Cao Cao's ships in Red Cliff WAS NOT Zhuge Liang's idea, IT WAS all Zhou Yu's Idea
- Borrowing arrows with scarecrows and summoning eastern wind by Zhuge Liang is simply fictional
- Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei ARE NOT sworn brothers
- Zhuge Liang was more credited as a politican instead of a "military strategist"
- Zhou Yu was never jealous of Zhuge Liang, AT ALL, he died due to sever illness instead of getting pissed to death
- Guan Yu did not kill Wen Chou and Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong got killed by Sun Jian's forces while Wen Chou got killed by Cao Cao's forces
- Liu Bei DID owe JinZhou to Wu, Zhou Yu conquered the whole JinZhou after The Battle of Red Cliff AND lend it to Liu Bei
- Diao Chan is simply a fictional character, the murder of Dong Zhuo was planned by Wang Yun and Lu Bu

anyway here are the significant ones, i can list more...-_-
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a great novel indeed. But I recommend you to read it as a FICTION, not a HISTORY BOOK. And plus if you know the 3 kingdom history well you will find this novel pretty biased.

if you want to know more about 3 kingdoms history, read "san guo zi"
by matthew-manhorn January 23, 2007
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Three Day Hump

ex. guy 1: "Hey man I just finished my three day hump"
guy 2: "Oh, you finally quit smoking?"
guy 1: "lol what?"
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three sailor minutes

three sailor minutes are, in normal speak, three minutes.
used by wannabe pirate foxes.

yee
foxy: THREE SAILOR MINUTES!!!
...
foxy: in your lingo that's three minutes...
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Morgan three way

When a three way happens where all participants are distinguished black males.
Guy 1: Did you hear flava flav, Barry White and Will Smith had a Morgan three way?

Guy 2: Yes.
by Jarry the snailz August 29, 2013
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Three Way Chess

A way of going about chess with a twist. You must have 3 teams of interesting people to actually make this game work. Typically the teams will consist of the colors black, white, and red. When the teams usually pick their colors their personalities tend to go as followed:
Black: The newer people to the game, inexperienced, but can get the job done with some effort. Usually the more reserved of the three.
White: The more outgoing group, easily deceived in the beginning but if you lose too much sight on them, they will be the ones ahead. When motivated, they will come out on top.

Red: They are a mixture of the two teams above. They can either have outgoing people or more reserved but they play the game very strategically and start out on top. Sometimes this remains constant throughout the game, other times they think they are in good shape until the end.

You start the game and you typically use a pawn, most people just pick their favorite but there is an extreme amount of pressure on these pawns for they set the standard for the rest of the game. The rest of the pieces move and when the first piece crosses the border and captures a piece that's when it gets serious.

To win the game one of the teams must put the others into check mate, which can take a bit of time but can be done.

**Caution: Bumps and Bruises may occur due to excessive competitiveness.**
"Hey Courtney and Maggie do you want to go play three way chess?" asked Jordan
Courtney, the more eccentric one of the group, "Sure I'm team white!"
"I'll be red," said Maggie.
"I guess that means I'm black,"said the more reserved Jordan.
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three am girl

The girl you don't call until 3am when all other options for a booty call are exhausted and is just convenient for the moment. She is the girl you won't admit in public or to your boys because she is nothing like the girl you would actually date. She believes your dating and just super busy or that you will be dating soon "just give (you) time to work some things out"
My girl can't make it out tonight but I got my three am girl I know always come through.
by #fedup May 25, 2016
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And Tango Makes Three

The title of a children’s book that tells the love-and-life story of two inseparable male penguins, Roy and Silo, that successfully hatched an egg to welcome chick Tango in their world—they took turns to nurture her by feeding her, cuddling her in their nest, and taking her for a swim with the other penguin families.
“And Tango Makes Three” was originally classified as nonfiction as it’s based on a true story, but it’s later reclassified as a picture book as the publisher felt that more children should have access to the title—the “adult” book was later challenged but retained, or banned, in a number of school libraries, in red states.
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