上下五千年

Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[Cao2 Yu2 zhang1]

used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above

up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about

down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

five / 5

thousand

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

millennium

surname Nian

year / CL:個|个[ge4]

grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2]