Dictionary - results for 赵

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
赵	趙	Zhào	- 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
赵	趙	zhào	- to surpass (old)
前赵	前趙	QiánZhào	- Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329)
后赵	後趙	HòuZhào	- Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
燕赵	燕趙	YānZhào	- Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi - beautiful women - women dancers and singers
赵国	趙國	ZhàoGuó	- Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)
赵宋	趙宋	ZhàoSòng	- Song dynasty (960-1279) - used to distinguish it from 劉宋\|刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479)
赵客	趙客	Zhàokè	- knight of the Zhao State - generic term for a knight-errant
赵岐	趙岐	ZhàoQí	- Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]
赵括	趙括	ZhàoKuò	- 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
赵晔	趙曄	ZhàoYè	- Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋\|吴越春秋
赵构	趙構	ZhàoGòu	- Zhao Gou, personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 高宗[Gao1 zong1]
赵县	趙縣	ZhàoXiàn	- Zhao County in Shijiazhuang 石家莊\|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
赵翼	趙翼	ZhàoYì	- Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
赵薇	趙薇	ZhàoWēi	- Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
赵军	趙軍	Zhàojūn	- army of Zhao 趙國\|赵国 during the Warring States
赵云	趙雲	ZhàoYún	- Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
赵高	趙高	ZhàoGāo	- Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
赵元任	趙元任	ZhàoYuánrèn	- Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
赵匡胤	趙匡胤	ZhàoKuāngyìn	- Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)
赵州桥	趙州橋	ZhàozhōuQiáo	- Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣\|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge
赵忠尧	趙忠堯	ZhàoZhōngyáo	- Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist
赵本山	趙本山	ZhàoBěnshān	- Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
赵树理	趙樹理	ZhàoShùlǐ	- Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist
赵尔巽	趙爾巽	ZhàoĚrxùn	- Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿
赵紫阳	趙紫陽	ZhàoZǐyáng	- 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
围魏救赵	圍魏救趙	wéiWèijiùZhào	- lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙\|赵[Zhao4] (idiom) - fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
完璧归赵	完璧歸趙	wánbìguīZhào	- lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
张王李赵	張王李趙	ZhāngWángLǐZhào	- anyone - Mr Average - any Tom, Dick or Harry
赵惠文王	趙惠文王	ZhàoHuìwénWáng	- King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國\|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period
燕赵都市报	燕趙都市報	YānZhàoDūshìBào	- Yanzhao Metropolis Daily
张三，李四，王五，赵六	張三，李四，王五，趙六	Zhāngsān,Lǐsì,Wángwǔ,Zhàoliù	- four proverbial names - Tom, Dick and Harry