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xiǎo small / tiny / few / young
xiào to laugh; to smile / to laugh at
xiāo sound of rain and wind
xiāo to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
xiào old variant of 笑[xiao4]
成也萧何,败也萧何 chéng Xiāo , bài Xiāo lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1] / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
xiāo dog
小儿经 Xiǎo ér jīng Xiao'erjing, refers to the use of the Arabic alphabet to write Chinese
小桥 Xiǎo Qiáo Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China
xiào effect / efficacy / to imitate
吹箫 chuī xiāo to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1], a vertical bamboo flute / (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]) / (slang) to give a blowjob
xiǎo dawn / daybreak / to know / to let sb know / to make explicit
xiāo to melt (metal) / to cancel; to annul / to sell / to expend; to spend / pin; bolt / to fasten with a pin or bolt
xiāo to diminish; to subside / to consume; to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
萧规曹随 Xiāo guī Cáo suí lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent
玉人吹箫 rén chuī xiāo virtuoso piper wins a beauty / the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) virtuoso 蕭史|萧史[Xiao1 Shi3] won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1]
xiào filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel
洨河 Xiáo Xiao River in Hebei
Xiāo surname Xiao / Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]
xiào similar / resembling / to resemble / to be like
萧红 Xiāo Hóng Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
清代通史 Qīng dài Tōng shǐ General History of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 蕭一山|萧一山[Xiao1 Yi1 shan1]
xiào (bound form) school; college / (bound form) (military) field officer
xiāo saltpeter / to tan (leather)
xiāo good horse / valiant


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