| | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change | HSK 1 |
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| | according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before | HSK 3 |
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| | variant of 照 / to shine / to illuminate | HSK 3 |
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| | to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in | HSK 4 |
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| | to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess | HSK 6 |
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| | to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住) to have things under control; to be able to handle it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add | |
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| | surname Zhao / one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476-220 BC) / the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms | |
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| | to surpass (old) | |
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| | surname Zhao | |
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| | (bound form) omen / to foretell / million; mega- / (Tw) trillion; tera- / (old) billion | |
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| | bright / clear / manifest / to show clearly | |
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| | foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons | |
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| | Zhao County in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, Hebei | |
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| | to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia) | |
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| | lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC | |
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| | oar (archaic) / scull / paddle / to row / a boat | |
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| | banner | |
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| | (literary) to admonish / (bound form) imperial edict | |
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| | Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers | |
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| | used in 啁哳 / Taiwan pr. [zhou1] | |
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| | surname Zhao | |
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| | name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天 | |
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| | sacrifice | |
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| | loosely woven bamboo ladle | |
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| | Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350) | |
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| | at first / devise / originate | |
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| | the start / the origin | |
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| | Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河 in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代 (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge | |
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| | lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner | |
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| | pond / pool | |
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| | pheasant | |
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| | (literary) dead skin cells on the surface of the skin / Taiwan pr. [zhan3] | |
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| | "claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87) | |
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| | Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States | |
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| | Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC) | |
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| | Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平縣|高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao | |
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| | Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty | |
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| | Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star | |
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| | Shi Le, founder of Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms 後趙|后赵 (319-350) | |
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| | Zhao Gou (1107-1187), personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 宋高宗 (reigned 1127-1162) | |
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| | Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家 | |
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| | Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC / also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子 | |
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| | Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子 | |
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| | Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋 | |
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| | (neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC) | |
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| | Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976) | |
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| | Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist | |
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| | knight of the Zhao State / generic term for a knight-errant | |
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| | courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | |
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| | the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty | |
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| | Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao | |
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| | Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军 encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000 | |
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| | Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国 | |
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| | lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom) / fig. an open secret | |
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| | King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period | |
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| | Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329) | |
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| | Shi Hu (295-349), emperor of Later Zhao 後趙|后赵 | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔, 10 extant scrolls | |
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| | Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国 | |
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| | Zhao Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
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| | Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | |
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| | Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼 | |
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| | Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠 | |
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| | Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏 | |
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| | King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC | |
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| | Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960 | |
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| | King Daoxiang of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 245-236 BC | |
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| | Li Zhao (c. 800), Tang dynasty scholar and official | |
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| | Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽 in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls | |
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| | Zhao Junzhe (1979-), Chinese football player | |
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| | Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian | |
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| | Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian | |
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| | Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | |
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| | Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist | |
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| | Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian | |
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| | Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿 | |
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| | famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies | |
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| | Ma Fujun, famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国 | |
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| | Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC / also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 | |
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| | fish of family Sisoridae (Asiatic catfishes) | |
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