Zhōu Yú
Zhou Yu or Chou Yü (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff
in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang
Yǔ zhōu
Yuzhou, county-level city in Xuchang 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 shi4], Henan
xiān wáng
former kings
former emperors
in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yao2], Shun 舜[Shun4], Yu 禹[Yu3], Tang 湯|汤[Tang1] and the kings of Zhou
Yù zhōu
Yuzhou district of Yulin city 玉林市[Yu4 lin2 shi4], Guangxi
tiáo zhou
whisk broom
small broom
CL:把[ba3]
Zhōu Yú dǎ Huáng Gài
fig. with the connivance of both sides
fig. by mutual consent
cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 zhan4]
liù zhou
stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc)
Taiwan pr. [lu4 du2]
sào zhou xīng
comet
jinx
bearer of ill luck
chuī zhou
pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
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