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Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
勾践 Gōu Jiàn	勾践 \| 勾践* \| *勾践	King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸	勾踐

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卧薪尝胆 wòxīnchángdǎn	卧薪尝胆 \| 卧薪尝胆* \| *卧薪尝胆	lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐｜勾践), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) / fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge	臥薪嘗膽


西施 Xīshī	西施 \| 西施* \| *西施	Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian 勾踐｜勾践 of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu

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