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Meaning of 赵括

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zhào kuò (Trad.: 趙括)
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
Example Sentences
1
The king took it for true and appointed Zhao Kuo as the general commander in place of Lian Po.
2
Soon the Zhao armies were destroyed and Zhao Kuo himself was shot dead by arrows.
3
Minister Lin Xiangru opposed the appointment. Zhao Kuo's mother also asked the king of Zhao not to charger her son with the mission.
4
Zhao Kuo found himself tightly encircled and was killed by the troops of Qin owing to lacking practical war experience.
5
Therefore, the spies of Qin spread rumors that the troops of Qin were afraid of nobody but Zhao Kuo.