楚

chǔ

Definitions

1. distinct
2. clear
3. orderly
4. pain
5. suffering

Example Sentences

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楚 虽三户，亡秦必 楚 。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1992620)

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Words Containing 楚

• 楚庄王 chǔ zhuāng wáng: King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
• 翘楚 qiáo chǔ: person of outstanding talent
• 苌楚 cháng chǔ: plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)
• 中俄尼布楚条约 zhōng é ní bù chǔ tiáo yuē: Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
• 楚河汉界 chǔ hé hàn jiè: lit. the river that divides Chu and Han
• 楚州区 chǔ zhōu qū: Chuzhou district of Huai'an city 淮安市[huái ān shì], Jiangsu
• 荆楚网视 jīng chǔ wǎng shì: IPTV (PRC media network)
• 衣冠楚楚 yī guān chǔ chǔ: immaculately dressed
• 四面楚歌 sì miàn chǔ gē: lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
• 楚雄市 chǔ xióng shì: Chuxiong, county-level city, capital of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[chǔ xióng yí zú zì zhì zhōu] in central Yunnan
• 楚雄 chǔ xióng: Chuxiong, county-level city, capital of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[chǔ xióng yí zú zì zhì zhōu] in central Yunnan
• 一清二楚 yī qīng èr chǔ: to be very clear about sth (idiom)
• 天低吴楚，眼空无物 tiān dī wú chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù: the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
• 不清楚 bù qīng chu: unclear
• 楚怀王 chǔ huái wáng: King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299 BC)
• 吴楚 wú chǔ: southern states of Wu and Chu
• 楚辞 chǔ cí: Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC)
• 钟楚红 zhōng chǔ hóng: Cherie Chung (1960-), Hong Kong actress
• 口齿清楚 kǒu chǐ qīng chu: clear diction
• 楚汉相争 chǔ hàn xiāng zhēng: see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng]
• 酸楚 suān chǔ: disconsolate
• 荆楚网 jīng chǔ wǎng: IPTV (PRC media network)
• 楚汉战争 chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng: Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu
• 年楚河 nián chǔ hé: Nyang qu or Nian chu River in Tibet, a tributary of Yarlung Tsangpo
• 苦楚 kǔ chǔ: suffering
• 吴头楚尾 wú tóu chǔ wěi: lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together
• 乌讷楚 wū nè chǔ: Uxin or Wushen banner in southwest Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[è ěr duō sī], Inner Mongolia
• 悲楚 bēi chǔ: sorrowful
• 巴楚 bā chǔ: Maralbeshi nahiyisi (Maralbexi county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang
• 清楚 qīng chu: clear
• 马穆楚 mǎ mù chǔ: Mamoudzou, capital of Mayotte
• 棘楚 jí chǔ: thorny problem
• 隽楚 juàn chǔ: outstanding
• 痛楚 tòng chǔ: pain
• 头脑清楚 tóu nǎo qīng chu: lucid
• 尼布楚条约 ní bù chǔ tiáo yuē: Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) between Qing China and Russia
• 宋楚瑜 sòng chǔ yú: James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党
• 楚楚 chǔ chǔ: neat
• 巴楚县 bā chǔ xiàn: Maralbeshi nahiyisi (Maralbexi county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang
• 耶律楚材 yē lǜ chǔ cái: Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
• 楚国 chǔ guó: the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
• 楚雄彝族自治州 chǔ xióng yí zú zì zhì zhōu: Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in central Yunnan, capital Chuxiong city 楚雄市[chǔ xióng shì]
• 楚州 chǔ zhōu: Chuzhou district of Huai'an city 淮安市[huái ān shì], Jiangsu
• 朝秦暮楚 zhāo qín mù chǔ: serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
• 凄楚 qī chǔ: sad