蕭 xiāo

common artemisia; sighing of wind; mournful; dejected

DEFINITIONS

  • common artemisia
  • sighing of wind
  • mournful
  • dejected
  • surname Xiao
  • miserable
  • desolate
  • dreary
  • Chinese mugwort

WORDS

四壁蕭然 sì bì xiāo rán four bare walls
大蕭條 dà xiāo tiáo the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)
成也蕭何，敗也蕭何 chéng yě xiāo hé ， bài yě xiāo hé lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1]; fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
排蕭 pái xiāo panpipe
經濟蕭條 jīng jì xiāo tiáo economic depression
蕭一山 xiāo yī shān Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty
蕭乾 xiāo qián Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
蕭伯納 xiāo bó nà George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer
蕭何 xiāo hé Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]
蕭子顯 xiāo zǐ xiǎn Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書 南齐书
蕭山 xiāo shān Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
蕭山區 xiāo shān qū Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
蕭梁 xiāo liáng Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
蕭條 xiāo tiáo bleak; desolate; (economic) depression or slump
蕭灑 xiāo sǎ variant of 瀟灑|潇洒[xiao1 sa3]
蕭然 xiāo rán desolate; empty
蕭牆 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
蕭瑟 xiāo sè to rustle in the air; to rustle; to sough; bleak; desolate; chilly
蕭紅 xiāo hóng Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
蕭索 xiāo suǒ bleak; desolate; melancholy
蕭縣 xiāo xiàn Xiao county in Suzhou 宿州[Su4 zhou1], Anhui
蕭萬長 xiāo wàn cháng Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012
蕭規曹隨 xiāo guī cáo suí lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom); fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor; to follow precedent
蕭邦 xiāo bāng Frédéric Chopin (Composer)
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