Keyword
to surpass
- ancient state
- surname
- Frequency
- #1463
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Used in vocabulary
赵
to surpass (old)
赵紫阳
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
赵国
Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)
赵本山
Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
赵薇
Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
赵云
Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
赵子龙
courtesy name of Zhao Yun 赵云 (ZhàoYún), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
后赵
Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
赵匡胤
Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)
燕赵
Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women; women dancers and singers
赵军
army of Zhao 赵国 during the Warring States
赵构
Zhao Gou (1107-1187), personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 宋高宗 (SòngGāozōng) (reigned 1127-1162)
赵县
Zhao County or Zhaoxian, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市 (ShíjiāzhuāngShì), Hebei
赵元任
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
赵树理
Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist
赵乐际
Zhao Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
赵高
Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
完璧归赵
lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
赵州桥
Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河 (XiáoHé) in Zhao county 赵县 (ZhàoXiàn), Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代 (Suídài) (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge
赵尔巽
Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿
围魏救赵
lit. to besiege 魏 (Wèi) and rescue 赵 (Zhào) (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
赵公明
Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
赵忠尧
Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist
赵括
Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 赵国 (ZhàoGuó), who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 长平之战 (ChángpíngzhīZhàn) in 260 BC; also called Ma Fuzi 马服子 (MǎFúzǐ)