| | 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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| | Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist | |
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| | Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | |
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| | Zhao County in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, Hebei | |
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| | Song dynasty (960-1279) / used to distinguish it from 劉宋|刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479) | |
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| | lit. to besiege 魏 and rescue 趙|赵 (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers | |
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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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| | Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329) | |
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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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| | Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350) | |
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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 Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976) | |
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| | Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | |
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| | any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone | |
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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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| | army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States | |
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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 Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star | |
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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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| | 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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| | Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers | |
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| | Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
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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 Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
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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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| | 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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| | Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist | |
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| | Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist | |
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| | (four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry | |
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| | Yanzhao Metropolis Daily | |
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| | knight of the Zhao State / generic term for a knight-errant | |
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| | (neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC) | |
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| | Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子 | |
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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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| | Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian | |
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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 Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿 | |
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