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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
燕赵 Yān Zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers
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
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
Zhào surname Zhao
赵云 Zhào Yún Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
后赵 Hòu Zhào Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
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
赵国 Zhào Guó Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)
赵军 Zhào jūn army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States
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)
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
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]
长平之战 Cháng píng zhī Zhàn Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军[Qin2 jun1] encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
蔺相如 Lìn Xiāng Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国
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
赵家人 Zhào jiā rén (neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC)
赵客 Zhào knight of the Zhao State / generic term for a knight-errant


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