Qǐ
Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
Wú Zhèn yǔ
Francis Ng Chun-Yu (1961-), Hong Kong actor
Yú Dān
Yu Dan (1965-), female scholar, writer, educator and TV presenter
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
Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods
surname Yu
Hán Yù
Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
Xiàng Yǔ
Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
Guān Yǔ
Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty
posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
Cáo Yú
Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist
Huáng Guāng yù
Huang Guang'yu (1969-), PRC entrepreneur and millionaire, founder of Guo mei or Gome electronics 國美電器|国美电器[Guo2 mei3 dian4 qi4]
Zhōng guó Jiào yù hé Kē yán Jì suàn jī wǎng
China Education and Research Network (CERNET)
abbr. to 中國教育網|中国教育网[Zhōng gúo Jiào yù wǎng]
Lǐ Yù
Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet
Dà Yǔ
Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC) mythical leader who tamed the floods
yuán dào
original path
essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈
Zhōng guó Jiào yù wǎng
abbr. for 中國教育和科研計算機網|中国教育和科研计算机网[Zhōng gúo Jiào yù hé Kē yán Jì suàn jī wǎng]
bà wáng bié jī
Xiang Yu bids farewell to his favorite concubine (classic subject)
Farewell my concubine (film by Chen Kaige)
Yǔ
surname Yu
(arch. name of tree)
Sù Yù
Su Yu (1907-1984), PLA commander
Yǔ
surname Yu
name of a mountain
Shén mù xiàn
Shenmu county in Yúlín 榆林[Yú lín], Shǎnxī
wǔ dì
Five Emperors from legendary times
possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them
usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 Xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
Páng Dé
Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽
Pound (name)
Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator
làn yú chōng shù
lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products
to masquerade as having an ability
token member of a group
Yù Dá fū
Yu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist
Wǔ hǔ jiàng
Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
Yù xiàn
Yu county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei
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 nán
Yu'nan county in Yunfu 雲浮|云浮[Yun2 fu2], Guangdong
dìng dǐng
lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great)
to fix the capital
to found a dynasty
used in advertising
Yù ān
Yu'an district of Lu'an city 六安市[Lu4 an1 shi4], Anhui
Táng Sòng bā dà jiā
Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修, the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩
Jiā xiàn
Jia county in Yúlín 榆林[Yú lín], Shǎnxī
àn dù Chén cāng
lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)
fig. to feign one thing while doing another
to cheat under cover of a diversion
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