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Zhào surname Zhao / one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476-220 BC) / the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
Zhào surname Zhao
赵县 Zhào Xiàn Zhao County in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
纸上谈兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
诏安 Zhào ān Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
燕赵 Yān Zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers
Zhào surname Zhao
赵州桥 Zhào zhōu Qiáo Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge
后赵 Hòu Zhào Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
完璧归赵 wán guī Zhào lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
赵云 Zhào Yún Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
赵军 Zhào jūn army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States
赵国 Zhào Guó Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)
赵本山 Zhào Běn shān Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
长平 Cháng píng Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平縣|高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao
赵高 Zhào Gāo Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
赵薇 Zhào Wēi Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
石勒 Shí Shi Le, founder of Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350)
赵构 Zhào Gòu Zhao Gou (1107-1187), personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 宋高宗[Song4 Gao1 zong1] (reigned 1127-1162)
嫪毐 Lào Ǎi Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao
赵翼 Zhào Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
清史稿 Qīng shǐ gǎo Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽[Zhao4 Er3 xun4] in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls
赵括 Zhào Kuò Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC / also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子[Ma3 Fu2 zi3]
赵岐 Zhào Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]
赵晔 Zhào Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋


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