one of warring states; surname

DEFINITIONS

吳 wú
  • surname Wu
  • area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai
  • name of states in Southern China at different historical periods

WORDS

起 wú qǐ Wu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), author of Wuzi 吳子|吴子[Wu2 zi3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]; Wuqi county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
起縣 wú qǐ xiàn Wuqi county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
越 wú yuè states of south China in different historical periods; proverbially perpetual arch-enemies
越同舟 wú yuè tóng zhōu Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals; to collaborate towards a common end; in the same boat together
越春秋 wú yuè chūn qiū History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔[Zhao4 Ye4], 10 extant scrolls
趼人 wú jiǎn rén Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状
邦國 wú bāng guó Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, polituro member from 2002
鎮宇 wú zhèn yǔ Francis Ng Chun-Yu (1961-), Hong Kong actor
頭楚尾 wú tóu chǔ wěi lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together; head-to-tail; one thing starts where the other leaves off
天低楚,眼空無物 tiān dī wú chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
sūn wú Sunwu county in Heihe 黑河[Hei1 he2], Heilongjiang
縣 sūn wú xiàn Sunwu county in Heihe 黑河[Hei1 he2], Heilongjiang
dōng wú Eastern Wu (222-280); the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
大學 dōng wú dà xué Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC from 1900-1952); Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan since 1954)
哥王朝 jiǎn wú gē wáng cháo Ankor Dynasty of Cambodia, 802-1431