xuǎn zhòng
to choose
to pick
to settle upon
to decide upon a candidate
to be selected for some role
Yáng Guì fēi
Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2] or Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]
Yáng Yù huán
Yang Yuhuan or Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]
xuán zhǒng
to turn on one's heel
in the twinkle of an eye
instantly
jié gǔ cuī huā
drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
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