| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 赵 | 趙 | zhào | Zhao4 | to surpass (old); 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 | ||
| 2 | 赵紫阳 | 趙紫陽 | zhào zǐ yáng | Zhao4 Zi3 yang2 | 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 | ||
| 3 | 赵公明 | 趙公明 | zhào gōng míng | Zhao4 Gong1 ming2 | Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | ||
| 4 | 赵玄坛 | 趙玄壇 | zhào xuán tán | Zhao4 Xuan2 tan2 | Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | ||
| 5 | 赵子龙 | 趙子龍 | zhào zǐ lóng | Zhao4 Zi3 long2 | courtesy name of Zhao Yun 赵云 , general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | ||
| 6 | 赵家人 | 趙家人 | zhào jiā rén | Zhao4 jia1 ren2 | (neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC) | ||
| 7 | 赵公元帅 | 趙公元帥 | zhào gōng yuán shuài | Zhao4 gong1 yuan2 shuai4 | Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | ||
| 8 | 赵国 | 趙國 | zhào guó | Zhao4 Guo2 | Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC) | ||
| 9 | 前赵 | 前趙 | qián zhào | Qian2 Zhao4 | Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329) | ||
| 10 | 赵岐 | 趙岐 | zhào qí | Zhao4 Qi2 | Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子 | ||
| 11 | 赵乐际 | 趙樂際 | zhào lè jì | Zhao4 Le4 ji4 | Zhao Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | ||
| 12 | 赵括 | 趙括 | zhào kuò | Zhao4 Kuo4 | Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 赵国 , who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 长平之战 in 260 BC; also called Ma Fuzi 马服子 | ||
| 13 | 完璧归赵 | 完璧歸趙 | wán bì guī zhào | wan2 bi4 gui1 Zhao4 | lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner | ||
| 14 | 赵客 | 趙客 | zhào kè | Zhao4 ke4 | knight of the Zhao State; generic term for a knight-errant | ||
| 15 | 赵军 | 趙軍 | zhào jūn | Zhao4 jun1 | army of Zhao 赵国 during the Warring States | ||
| 16 | 围魏救赵 | 圍魏救趙 | wéi wèi jiù zhào | wei2 Wei4 jiu4 Zhao4 | lit. to besiege 魏 (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers | ||
| 17 | 赵惠文王 | 趙惠文王 | zhào huì wén wáng | Zhao4 Hui4 wen2 Wang2 | King Huiwen of Zhao 赵国 , reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period | ||
| 18 | 张三，李四，王五，赵六 | 張三，李四，王五，趙六 | zhāng sān , lǐ sì , wáng wǔ , zhào liù | Zhang1 san1 , Li3 si4 , Wang2 wu3 , Zhao4 liu4 | four proverbial names; Tom, Dick and Harry | ||
| 19 | 燕赵 | 燕趙 | yān zhào | Yan1 Zhao4 | Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women; women dancers and singers | ||
| 20 | 燕赵都市报 | 燕趙都市報 | yān zhào dū shì bào | Yan1 Zhao4 Du1 shi4 Bao4 | Yanzhao Metropolis Daily | ||
| 21 | 后赵 | 後趙 | hòu zhào | Hou4 Zhao4 | Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350) | ||
| 22 | 赵高 | 趙高 | zhào gāo | Zhao4 Gao1 | Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty | ||
| 23 | 赵尔巽 | 趙爾巽 | zhào ěr xùn | Zhao4 Er3 xun4 | Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿 | ||
| 24 | 赵本山 | 趙本山 | zhào běn shān | Zhao4 Ben3 shan1 | Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian | ||
| 25 | 原璧归赵 | 原璧歸趙 | yuán bì guī zhào | yuan2 bi4 gui1 zhao4 | to return an article to the owner (idiom) |
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