萧
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Definitions
- 1. miserable
- 2. desolate
- 3. dreary
- 4. Chinese mugwort
Words Containing 萧
bleak; desolate
four bare walls
the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[hán xìn] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[dà jiāng jūn]
panpipe
economic depression
Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty
Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer
Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng]
Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書|南齐书[nán qí shū]
Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
desolate
(literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
to rustle in the air
Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
bleak
Xiao county in Suzhou 宿州[sù zhōu], Anhui
Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012
lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[xiāo hé] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[cáo cān] (idiom)