Liáo hé
Liao river of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning
Liáo dōng
Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea
east and south of Liaoning province
east of Liao river 遼河|辽河
liǎo
(of eyes) bright
clear-sighted
to understand clearly
liǎo
to finish
to achieve
variant of 瞭|了[liao3]
to understand clearly
liào
material
stuff
grain
feed
to expect
to anticipate
to guess
liáo
to chat
to depend upon (literary)
temporarily
just
slightly
liào
to put down
to leave behind
to throw or knock down
to abandon or discard
liāo
to lift up (sth hanging down)
to raise (hem of skirt)
to pull up (sleeve)
to sprinkle (water with cupped hands)
liáo
to tease
to provoke
to stir up (emotions)
liǎo
old variant of 繚|缭[liao3]
Jī mǐ
Jimmy Liao (1958-), pen name of 廖福彬[Liao4 Fu2 bin1], Taiwanese illustrator and picture book writer
liáo
hut
shack
small window
variant of 僚[liao2]
liáo
abbr. for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁 province in northeast China
Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)
liáo
fierce
hunt
name of a tribe
Qì dān
Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]
liào
to watch from a height or distance
to survey
Pú sōng líng
Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异[Liáo zhāi Zhì yì]
Tuō tuō
Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史|辽史 and Jin 金史
also written Tuoketuo 托克托
Liáo Jīn
Liao and Jin dynasties, namely: Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125) and Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
liáo
clear sound
cry (of cranes etc)
liáo
to wind round
to sew with slanting stitches
liáo
keep tidy and repaired
sew
jiǔ
army (used during the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties)
liào
fetters
leg-irons
shackles
Sān jiā cūn
lit. village of three households
name of essay column in Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓, Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗 and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙, criticized as anti-party during the Cultural Revolution
liáo
to strangle
to inquire into
liǎo
clear
intelligible
severe
cold
Liáo shǐ
History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 116 scrolls
Yáng yè
famous Song dynasty family of warriors (c. 10th century AD), resisted the Liao 遼|辽 and defended the Song
the subject of the popular fiction Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将
Xī Liáo
Western Liao, Khitan kingdom of central Asia 1132-1218
liào
to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)
Lǐ Áo
Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈 in promoting classical writing 古文運動|古文运动
Wèi Liáo zi
Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚|尉缭[Wei4 Liao2] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
Liào Mò shā
Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution
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