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xiāo

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Definitions

  1. 1. miserable
  2. 2. desolate
  3. 3. dreary
  4. 4. Chinese mugwort

Words Containing 萧

成也萧何,败也萧何
chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé

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]

萧规曹随
xiāo guī cáo suí

lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[xiāo hé] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[cáo cān] (idiom)

萧一山
xiāo yī shān

Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty

排萧
pái xiāo

panpipe

萧然
xiāo rán

desolate

萧红
xiāo hóng

Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang

四壁萧然
sì bì xiāo rán

four bare walls

萧县
xiāo xiàn

Xiao county in Suzhou 宿州[sù zhōu], Anhui

大萧条
dà xiāo tiáo

the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)

萧瑟
xiāo sè

to rustle in the air

萧万长
xiāo wàn cháng

Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012

萧山区
xiāo shān qū

Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang

萧墙
xiāo qiáng

(literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture

萧条
xiāo tiáo

bleak; desolate

萧伯纳
xiāo bó nà

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer

萧山
xiāo shān

Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang

萧何
xiāo hé

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]

经济萧条
jīng jì xiāo tiáo

economic depression

萧索
xiāo suǒ

bleak

萧乾
xiāo qián

Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator

萧梁
xiāo liáng

Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)

萧子显
xiāo zǐ xiǎn

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]