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1 wèiWei4tower over a palace gateway (old); surname Wei; name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操 , one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty; the Wei dynasty 221-265; Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods
2魏晋 魏晉 wèi jìnWei4 Jin4Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
3北魏 北魏 běi wèiBei3 Wei4Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鲜卑
4魏征 魏徵 wèi zhēngWei4 Zheng1Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋书
5阿魏 阿魏 ā wèia1 wei4Ferula resin (used in TCM); Resina Ferulae
6阿育魏实 阿育魏實 ā wèi shía1 yu4 wei4 shi2seed of ajwain; Semen Trachyspermi coptici
7曹魏 曹魏 cáo wèiCao2 Wei4Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕 , son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
8东魏 東魏 dōng wèiDong1 Wei4Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
9汉末魏初 漢末魏初 hàn wèi chūHan4 mo4 Wei4 chu1late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD); late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
10后魏 後魏 hòu wèiHou4 Wei4Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534
11生张熟魏 生張熟魏 shēng zhāng shú wèisheng1 zhang1 shu2 wei4promiscuous; unacquainted with each other (idiom)
12拓跋魏 拓跋魏 tuò wèiTuo4 ba2 Wei4Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
13围魏救赵 圍魏救趙 wéi wèi jiù zhàowei2 Wei4 jiu4 Zhao4lit. to besiege (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
14魏伯阳 魏伯陽 wèi yángWei4 Bo2 yang2Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist
15魏德迈 魏德邁 wèi màiWei4 de2 mai4Wedemeyer (name); Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander
16魏都 魏都 wèi Wei4 du1Weidu district of Xuchang city 许昌市 , Henan
17魏都区 魏都區 wèi Wei4 du1 qu1Weidu district of Xuchang city 许昌市 , Henan
18魏格纳 魏格納 wèi Wei4 ge2 na4Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift
19魏国 魏國 wèi guóWei4 guo2Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄 ; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
20魏晋南北朝 魏晉南北朝 wèi jìn nán běi cháoWei4 Jin4 Nan2 Bei3 Chao2Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui
21魏京生 魏京生 wèi jīng shēngWei4 Jing1 sheng1Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997
22魏玛 魏瑪 wèi Wei4 ma3Weimar
23魏收 魏收 wèi shōuWei4 Shou1Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齐
24魏书 魏書 wèi shūWei4 shu1History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 , 114 scrolls
25魏巍 魏巍 wèi wēiWei4 Wei1Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 东方 about the Korean war
26魏文帝 魏文帝 wèi wén Wei4 Wen2 di4Cao Pi 曹丕 , emperor of Wei 220-226
27魏县 魏縣 wèi xiànWei4 xian4Wei county in Handan 邯郸 , Hebei
28魏源 魏源 wèi yuánWei4 Yuan2Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
29魏忠贤 魏忠賢 wèi zhōng xiánWei4 Zhong1 xian2Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
30西魏 西魏 wèiXi1 Wei4Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏

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