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  *启* | 启* | *启
Qi son of Yu the Great , reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝 (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
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  *于* | 于* | *于
surname Yu
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  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
surname Yu
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  *郁* | 郁* | *郁
surname Yu
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surname Yu
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  *余* | 余* | *余
surname Yu
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  *蔚* | 蔚* | *蔚
surname Yu / place name
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  *俞* | 俞* | *俞
surname Yu
Mount Yu, the highest mountain in Taiwan (3952 m)
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  *喻* | 喻* | *喻
surname Yu
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  *鄅* | 鄅* | *鄅
Yu, Zhou Dynasty vassal state, in present-day Linyi 臨沂|临沂, Shandong / surname Yu
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
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  *馀* | 馀* | *馀
surname Yu
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  *遇* | 遇* | *遇
surname Yu
Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
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  *庾* | 庾* | *庾
surname Yu / name of a mountain
Yu'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市, Anhui
Yu county in Yangquan, Shanxi
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  *纡* | 纡* | *纡
surname Yu
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  *虞* | 虞* | *虞
surname Yu
the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 關羽|关羽)
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  *於* | 於* | *於
surname Yu / Taiwan pr. [Yu2]
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
the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧 and Yu Shun 虞舜
lit. to play the yu 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
Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC) mythical leader who tamed the floods
Yu Shyi-kun (1948-) Taiwanese politician
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  *鲧* | 鲧* | *鲧
Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹
Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms
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  *臾* | 臾* | *臾
surname Yu
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  *遹* | 遹* | *遹
surname Yu
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
Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮
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surname Yu
lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great) / to fix the capital / to found a dynasty / used in advertising
Yu Xin (513-581), poet from Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝 and author of Lament for the South 哀江南賦|哀江南赋
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
Yu county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea
Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝
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
Cheng Yu (141-220), advisor to General Cao Cao 曹操 during the Three Kingdoms era
Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝
Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius
Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist
Yu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician
Yu River
Yu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist
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  *禹* | 禹* | *禹
Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods / surname Yu
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surname Yu
Yusho disease or Yu-cheng disease, mass poisoning caused by rice bran oil in northern Kyushu, Japan (1968), and in Taiwan (1979)
original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈
Francis Ng Chun-Yu (1961-), Hong Kong actor
Yu-Gi-Oh!
the 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's 三蘇|三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩
(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽, who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
Su Yu (1907-1984), PLA commander
The Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li Yu 李漁|李渔
Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家
Yu Xi, Chinese astronomer (c. 270-345), known for discovering the earth's precession
Yu Yinglong, Yuan dynasty scholar, collaborated on the geographical encyclopedia Dayuan Dayi Tongzhi 大元大一統誌|大元大一统志
Yu'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市, Anhui
If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈). / We should learn from one who knows the way.
If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈). / We should learn from one who knows the way.
choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a choronym-surname combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈 is also known as 韓昌黎|韩昌黎, where 韓|韩 is his surname and 昌黎 is his clan's ancestral prefecture .)
Carol "Dodo" Cheng Yu-Ling (1957-), Hong Kong actress and TV host
Daniel Han Kuo-yu (1957-), Taiwanese KMT politician, mayor of Kaohsiung since 2018
Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽
Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞 and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽 at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
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
Yu Dan (1965-), female scholar, writer, educator and TV presenter
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
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈)
Yu Tianbai (1937-), novelist
Yu Wenbao (lived around 1240), prolific Song dynasty poet
player of the yu (free reed wind instrument)
fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战
Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝
Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫, reigned 762-779
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
Da Yuan Dayitongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞應龍|虞应龙, 755 scrolls
Da Yuan Dayitongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞應龍|虞应龙, 755 scrolls
Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹
Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕|刘裕, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422
Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
Intoxicating Spring Nights, 1924 short story by Yu Dafu 郁達夫|郁达夫
Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet / given name Li Yu 李煜
Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
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
Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈 in promoting classical writing 古文運動|古文运动
Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗 (727-779), reigned 762-779


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