赵 zhào

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

赵 stroke order diagram
赵 stroke order animation

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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