Character
HSK | Not in HSK |
---|---|
FREQUENCY | 1169th character |
RADICAL | ⾛ (156.2) |
STROKES | 9 |
INDEX # | 1378 |
TRADITIONAL | 趙 |
surname; ancient state
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DEFINITIONS
- surname
- ancient state
- surname Zhao
- one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476-220 BC)
- the Former Zhao 前趙 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
- to surpass (old)
STROKES
WORDS
完璧归赵 wán bì guī zhào | lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner |
赵薇 zhào wēi | Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star |
前赵 qián zhào | Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329) |
围魏救赵 wéi wèi jiù zhào | lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers |
张三,李四,王五,赵六 zhāng sān , lǐ sì , wáng wǔ , zhào liù | four proverbial names; Tom, Dick and Harry |
张王李赵 zhāng wáng lǐ zhào | anyone; Mr Average; any Tom, Dick or Harry |
后赵 hòu zhào | Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350) |
燕赵 yān zhào | Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women; women dancers and singers |
燕赵都市报 yān zhào dū shì bào | Yanzhao Metropolis Daily |
赵元任 zhào yuán rèn | Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist |
赵公元帅 zhào gōng yuán shuài | Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism |
赵公明 zhào gōng míng | Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism |
赵匡胤 zhào kuāng yìn | Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976) |
赵国 zhào guó | Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC) |
赵子龙 zhào zǐ lóng | courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云[Zhao4 Yun2], general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms |
赵宋 zhào sòng | Song dynasty (960-1279); used to distinguish it from 劉宋|刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479) |
赵客 zhào kè | knight of the Zhao State; generic term for a knight-errant |
赵家人 zhào jiā rén | (neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC) |
赵岐 zhào qí | Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] |
赵州桥 zhào zhōu qiáo | Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge |
赵忠尧 zhào zhōng yáo | Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist |
赵惠文王 zhào huì wén wáng | King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period |
赵括 zhào kuò | Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC; also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子 |
赵晔 zhào yè | Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋 |
赵本山 zhào běn shān | Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian |
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