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Meaning of 赵

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(Trad.: 趙)
Pinyin: zhào
English Definition: 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
Chinese Definition:
①中国古代国名(a.战国时代的“赵”;b.西晋结束,匈奴族、羯族先后在北方建立“赵国”,史称“前赵”、“后赵”):赵客(战国时燕赵多侠士,遂以“赵客”为侠士通称)。燕(yān)赵(燕赵之地,泛指北方)。
②姓氏。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Character Formation:
  • Surround from lower left
    • [ zǒu ] to walk, to run, to flee
    • [ ] to govern; to control; to nurture
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Example Words
完璧归赵 wán guī zhào lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
后赵 hòu zhào Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
前赵 qián zhào Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329)
围魏救赵 wéi wèi jiù zhào lit. to besiege (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
张王李赵 zhāng wáng zhào anyone; Mr Average; any Tom, Dick or Harry
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Example Sentences
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Today, "Zhao masters" how to buy?
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If only there were more experts," said Zhao.
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The poor farming couple in Hebei province had no history of quarreling, Zhao said.
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You might assume Zhao envies members of the younger generation, able as they are to pick and choose.
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"I hope there will come a day when France, liberated and cleaned up, will send back this booty to a plundered China, " Zhao said, quoting from Hugo.