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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
surname Qian
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  *钱* | 钱* | *钱
surname Qian
(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜, who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记, known as the father of Chinese historiography
(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥 exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记)
Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城
Qian County or Qianxian, a county in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市, Shaanxi
history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian
booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁 refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記|史记
Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书, filmed as a TV serial
Tao Qian or Tao Yuanming 陶淵明|陶渊明 (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
Qian'an, a county in Songyuan City 松原市, Jilin
Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County, in Songyuan City 松原市, Jilin
Qian Sanqiang
Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer
Qian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet
Qian'an, a county-level city in Tangshan City 唐山市, Hebei
Qian Qichen (1928-2017), former Chinese vice premier
Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator


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