zhāo
(chess) move
trick
all right!
(dialect) to add
zháo
to touch
to come in contact with
to feel
to be affected by
to catch fire
to burn
(coll.) to fall asleep
(after a verb) hitting the mark
succeeding in
zhǎo
to try to find
to look for
to call on sb
to find
to seek
to return
to give change
zhào
according to
in accordance with
to shine
to illuminate
to reflect
to look at (one's reflection)
to take (a photo)
photo
as requested
as before
zhāo
to recruit
to provoke
to beckon
to incur
to infect
contagious
a move (chess)
a maneuver
device
trick
to confess
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
zhāo
see 嘲哳, (onom.) twitter
twittering sound
zhuó dì
to land
to touch the ground
see also 著地|着地[zháo dì]
zhào
at first
devise
originate
zhāo
to encourage
to cut
to strain
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
armchair strategist
idle theorizing
cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
zhào
oar (archaic)
scull
paddle
to row
a boat
zhào
to call together
to summon
to convene
temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
Zhèng Dé
Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhù Hòu zhào] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, Temple name 明武宗[Míng Wǔ zōng]
zhāo
bright
clear
manifest
to show clearly
Zhào Wēi
Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
zhào
omen
to foretell
million
mega-
trillion
tera-
billion (old)
zhào
cover
fish trap (basket)
shade
Zhào Běn shān
Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
Yān Zhào
Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi
beautiful women
women dancers and singers
Zhào Yún
Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Cháng píng
Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平縣|高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao
Gāo Zōng
Gaozong Emperor, Temple name of the tenth Song Emperor Zhao Gou 趙構|赵构[Zhào Gòu] (1107-1187 CE), reigned (1127-1162 CE)
Zhào jūn
army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States
Zhào xiàn
Zhao county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei
Zhào Guó
Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)
Lián Pō
Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国
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
Zhào Zǐ yáng
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
Hòu Zhào
Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
Zhào ān
Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
zhào
loosely woven bamboo ladle
Zhào Kuāng yìn
Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)
Sòng Tài zǔ
Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960
Qīng shǐ gǎo
Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽[Zhao4 Er3 xun4] in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls
zhào
variant of 照
character invented by contracting last two characters of name of Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天
Lìn Xiāng rú
Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国
Zhào zhōu qiáo
Zhaozhou bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiáo hé] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhào xiàn], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Súi dài] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge
wán bì guī Zhào
lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
Cháng píng zhī zhàn
battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军[Qin2 jun1] encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
Qián Zhào
Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329)
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