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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侯* | 侯* | *侯
surname Hou
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侯* | 侯* | *侯
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位 / nobleman; high official
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侯* | 侯* | *侯
used in 閩侯|闽侯 (the name of a place in Fujian)
marquis
Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households) / high nobles
Husain or Hussein (name) / Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura / Saddam Hussein al Tikriti (1937-2006), dictator of Iraq 1979-2003
dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
duke (old) / nobleman / gentry
Houma, a county-level city in Linfen City 臨汾市|临汾市, Shanxi
aristocracy
aristocracy
two-character surname Xiahou
(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals
steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom) / history is written by the victors
steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)
vassal state
Wuhou district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan
Wuhou district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan
Saddam Hussein
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
noble house
rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548
Minhou, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom) / fig. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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