diào zhào

surname; ancient state

DEFINITIONS

趙 zhào
  • 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)

WORDS

樂際 zhào lè jì Zhao Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
樹理 zhào shù lǐ Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist
爾巽 zhào ěr xùn Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿
玄壇 zhào xuán tán Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
紫陽 zhào zǐ yáng Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
縣 zhào xiàn Zhao County in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
翼 zhào yì Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
薇 zhào wēi Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
軍 zhào jūn army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States
雲 zhào yún Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
高 zhào gāo Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty