| | to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc | HSK 1 |
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| | (bound form) at first; initially / (bound form) first; early / (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三 "the third" | HSK 3 |
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| | (bound form) place; locality / (bound form) part; aspect / (bound form) office; department; bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point | HSK 4 |
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| | surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 and Hunan 湖南省 provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC) | |
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| | distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) | |
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| | lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help | |
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| | surname Chu / Taiwan pr. [Chu2] | |
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| | (bound form) to store up; to keep in reserve / heir to the throne / Taiwan pr. [chu2] | |
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| | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides | |
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| | to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including | HSK 6 |
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| | Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原 / Tianwen, a series of interplanetary missions developed by the China National Space Administration starting in 2016, named after the poem | |
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| | Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism | |
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| | to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish | |
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| | lit. the river that divides Chu and Han / fig. a line that divides rival territories / the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard | |
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| | Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu | |
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| | Eric Chu (1961-), Taiwanese KMT politician | |
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| | lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off | |
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| | the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei | |
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| | Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷｜离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭｜楚辞 | |
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| | melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國｜楚国 / highbrow art and literature | |
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| | lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | |
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| | the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公｜齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公｜晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王｜楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭｜吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐｜越王勾践 | |
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| | On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原 in Songs of Chu 楚辭｜楚辞 | |
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| | Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance. | |
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| | southern states of Wu and Chu / the middle and lower Yangtze valley | |
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| | King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299 BC) / later King Huai of Chu (reigned 208-205 BC) | |
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| | Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦｜刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭｜楚汉战争 | |
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| | Chu Suiliang (596-659), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家 | |
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| | to twitch; to have a spasm | |
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| | pestle / to poke | |
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| | folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國｜楚国 / popular art forms (contrasted with 陽春白雪｜阳春白雪, highbrow art forms) | |
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| | Hung Hsiu-chu (1948-), Taiwanese KMT politician | |
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| | to touch / to make contact with sth / to stir up sb's emotions | |
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| | You Meng, famous court jester during the reign of King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王｜楚庄王, known for his intelligence and sharp tongue | |
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| | crimson silk / deficiency / to stitch | |
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| | Broussonetia kasinoki | |
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| | an early name for the state of Chu 楚國｜楚国 / surname Jing | |
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| | Wu She (–522 BC), father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥, official of the state of Chu, executed after being falsely accused by King Ping of Chu | |
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| | foundation / base | |
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| | to be afraid | |
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| | Bufo vulgaris / toad | |
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| | hoe | |
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| | Zhou Chu (236-297), Jin dynasty general | |
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| | Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang / refers to Yu Shinan 虞世南, Ouyang Xun 歐陽詢｜欧阳询, Chu Suiliang 褚遂良 and Xue Ji 薛稷 | |
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| | an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭｜楚辞 / used in 芭蕉 / used in transliteration | |
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| | crowd / transliteration of Sanskrit 'kso', e.g. Aksobhya Buddha 阿閦佛 | |
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| | Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦｜刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭｜楚汉战争 / also pr. [Cao2 Shen1] | |
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| | Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states) | |
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| | name of an ancient river (in present-day Dingtao County 定陶縣｜定陶县, Shandong) | |
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| | surname Chu | |
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| | pregnant woman (archaic) | |
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| | crude bamboo mat | |
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| | hedysarum | |
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| | a hoe / to hoe or dig / to weed / to get rid of | |
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| | to dismiss from office / to expel | |
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| | to begin | |
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| | (person) / angry | |
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| | a shackled pig | |
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| | Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲｜褚人获 | |
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| | a kind of mosquito net / bed curtain | |
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| | lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | |
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| | (fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢｜汉 | |
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| | lofty / upright | |
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| | mountain in ancient Chu | |
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| | rough and rugged | |
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| | wardrobe / closet / cabinet | |
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| | Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自薦｜毛遂自荐 | |
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| | name of a river in Anhui | |
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| | Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚, collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝｜汉朝 | |
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| | Nyang qu or Nian chu River in Tibet, a tributary of Yarlung Tsangpo | |
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| | livestock / domesticated animal / domestic animal | |
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| | (archaic) animal resembling a tiger | |
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| | Battle of Baiju (506 BC), in which Wu 吳｜吴 scored a crushing victory over Chu 楚 | |
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| | (bound form) chick; young bird | |
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| | King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣｜江陵县 | |
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| | to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍) | |
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| | fearful / timid / to fear | |
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| | surname Chu | |
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| | variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) | HSK 1 |
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| | simaroubaceae | |
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| | to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder | |
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| | Chu Renhuo (1635-1682), author of historical novel Dramatized History of Sui and Tang 隋唐演義｜隋唐演义 | |
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