蜀

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1. short name for Sichuan 四川[sì chuān] province
2. one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[sān guó] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[shǔ hàn], situated around what is now Sichuan province

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Words Containing 蜀

• 巴山蜀水 巴山蜀水 bā shān shǔ shuǐ: mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
• 巴蜀 巴蜀 bā shǔ: Sichuan
• 得陇望蜀 得陇望蜀 dé lǒng wàng shǔ: lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized
• 怪蜀黍 怪蜀黍 guài shǔ shǔ: see 怪叔叔[guài shū shu]
• 乐不思蜀 乐不思蜀 lè bù sī shǔ: indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)
• 乐蜀 乐蜀 lè shǔ: Luxor, city in Egypt (Cantonese transliteration)
• 玉蜀黍 玉蜀黍 yù shǔ shǔ: corn
• 秦岭蜀栈道 秦岭蜀栈道 qín lǐng shǔ zhàn dào: the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan
• 药蜀葵 药蜀葵 yào shǔ kuí: marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis)
• 蜀国 蜀国 shǔ guó: Sichuan
• 蜀山 蜀山 shǔ shān: Shushan district of Hefei city 合肥市[hé féi shì], Anhui
• 蜀山区 蜀山区 shǔ shān qū: Shushan district of Hefei city 合肥市[hé féi shì], Anhui
• 蜀汉 蜀汉 shǔ hàn: Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han
• 蜀犬吠日 蜀犬吠日 shǔ quǎn fèi rì: lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things
• 蜀相 蜀相 shǔ xiàng: the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[zhū gě liàng])
• 蜀绣 蜀绣 shǔ xiù: Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[sū xiù], 湘繡|湘绣[xiāng xiù] and 粵繡|粤绣[yuè xiù])
• 蜀葵 蜀葵 shǔ kuí: hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
• 蜀锦 蜀锦 shǔ jǐn: brocade from Sichuan