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cháo
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Definitions

  1. 1. imperial or royal court
  2. 2. government
  3. 3. dynasty
  4. 4. reign of a sovereign or emperor
  5. 5. court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor
  6. 6. to make a pilgrimage to
  7. 7. facing
  8. 8. towards

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Words Containing 朝

危若朝露
wēi ruò zhāo lù

precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day

朝秦暮楚
zhāo qín mù chǔ

serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides

朝鲜日报
cháo xiǎn rì bào

Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper

朝鲜劳动党
cháo xiǎn láo dòng dǎng

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea

朝三暮四
zhāo sān mù sì

lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon

朝天椒
cháo tiān jiāo

chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens var)

朝不虑夕
zhāo bù lǜ xī

at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state

南北朝
nán běi cháo

Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)

新罗王朝
xīn luó wáng cháo

Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD

沙法维王朝
shā fǎ wéi wáng cháo

Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722

朝雨
zhāo yǔ

morning rain

朝鲜民主主义人民共和国
cháo xiǎn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì rén mín gòng hé guó

People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)

阿黑门尼德王朝
ā hēi mén ní dé wáng cháo

Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)

朝中
cháo zhōng

North Korea-China

朝不保夕
zhāo bù bǎo xī

at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state

李氏朝鲜
lǐ shì cháo xiǎn

Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910)

朝纲
cháo gāng

laws and discipline of imperial court

朝向
cháo xiàng

toward

萨非王朝
sà fēi wáng cháo

Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722

周朝
zhōu cháo

Zhou Dynasty

清朝
qīng cháo

Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

朝鲜筝
cháo xiǎn zhēng

gayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither)

朝永振一郎
cháo yǒng zhèn yī láng

TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger

梁朝
liáng cháo

Liang Dynasty (502-557)

四脚朝天
sì jiǎo cháo tiān

four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back

朝韩
cháo hán

North and South Korea

溘先朝露
kè xiān zhāo lù

the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

朝鲜核谈
cháo xiǎn hé tán

talks on North Korea's nuclear program

朝阳县
cháo yáng xiàn

Chaoyang county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[cháo yáng], Liaoning

韩朝
hán cháo

North and South Korea

朝见
cháo jiàn

to have an audience (with the Emperor)

有朝一日
yǒu zhāo yī rì

one day

热火朝天
rè huǒ cháo tiān

in full swing (idiom)

南朝鲜
nán cháo xiǎn

South Korea

今朝
jīn zhāo

(dialect) today

国朝
guó cháo

the current dynasty

朝廷
cháo tíng

court

吐蕃王朝
tǔ bō wáng cháo

Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD

朝门
cháo mén

entrance portal (to a palace)

历朝通俗演义
lì cháo tōng sú yǎn yì

Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩

来朝
lái zhāo

(literary) tomorrow (morning)

清皇朝
qīng huáng cháo

Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

延边朝鲜族自治州
yán biān cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì zhōu

Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省[jí lín shěng] in northeast China, capital Yanji City 延吉市[yán jí shì]

电光朝露
diàn guāng zhāo lù

flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral

辍朝
chuò cháo

to suspend business at the imperial court on account of a misfortune

朝天区
cháo tiān qū

Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[guǎng yuán shì], Sichuan

朝拜圣山
cháo bài shèng shān

a pilgrimage to a holy mountain

莫卧儿王朝
mò wò ér wáng cháo

Mughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858)

北朝鲜
běi cháo xiǎn

North Korea

夏王朝
xià wáng cháo

Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC

朝歌镇
zhāo gē zhèn

Zhaoge town in Qi county 淇縣|淇县, Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁, Henan

今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì

to live in the moment (idiom)

花朝月夕
huā zhāo yuè xī

a beautiful day

朝阳地区
zhāo yáng dì qū

Zhaoyang district in Liaoning

朝鲜族
cháo xiǎn zú

Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China)

南朝陈
nán cháo chén

Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)

南朝
nán cháo

Southern Dynasties (420-589)

抗美援朝
kàng měi yuán cháo

Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan)

胳膊肘朝外拐
gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi

lit. the elbow turns outward (idiom)

临朝
lín cháo

to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent)

朝着
cháo zhe

towards

朝阳产业
zhāo yáng chǎn yè

sunrise industry

萨珊王朝
sà shān wáng cháo

Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)

一朝天子一朝臣
yī cháo tiān zǐ yī cháo chén

new emperor, new officials (idiom)

一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng

once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope

朝鲜半岛
cháo xiǎn bàn dǎo

Korean Peninsula

朝鲜中央通讯社
cháo xiǎn zhōng yāng tōng xùn shè

North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)

李朝威
lǐ cháo wēi

Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传

朝山进香
cháo shān jìn xiāng

to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom)

朝鲜战争
cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng

Korean War (1950-1953)

孔雀王朝
kǒng què wáng cháo

Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)

晋朝
jìn cháo

Jin Dynasty (265-420)

朝前
cháo qián

facing forwards

源赖朝
yuán lài cháo

MINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199), Japanese warlord and founder of the Kamakura shogunate 鐮倉幕府|镰仓幕府[lián cāng mù fǔ]

朝日放送
zhāo rì fàng sòng

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

贺朝
hè cháo

He Chao (active c. 711), Tang dynasty poet

朝露
zhāo lù

morning dew

朝服
cháo fú

court dress in former times

朝阳
zhāo yáng

the morning sun

商朝
shāng cháo

Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)

萨桑王朝
sà sāng wáng cháo

Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)

朝日
zhāo rì

Asahi (Japanese place name, company name etc)

明朝
míng zhāo

tomorrow morning

在朝
zài cháo

sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)

六朝
liù cháo

Six Dynasties (220-589)

朝臣
cháo chén

court councilor

朝鲜文
cháo xiǎn wén

Korean written language

蒲甘王朝
pú gān wáng cháo

Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287

朝族
cháo zú

Korean ethnic group of Jilin province and northeast China

明朝
míng cháo

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

倭马亚王朝
wō mǎ yà wáng cháo

Umayyad Empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate

朝鲜字母
cháo xiǎn zì mǔ

hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet

底朝天
dǐ cháo tiān

upside down

改朝
gǎi cháo

to transition to a new dynasty

朝珠
cháo zhū

court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)

朝思暮想
zhāo sī mù xiǎng

to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)

只争朝夕
zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī

(idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time

访朝
fǎng cháo

to visit North Korea

朝圣
cháo shèng

to make a pilgrimage

黑汗王朝
hēi hán wáng cháo

Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century

素面朝天
sù miàn cháo tiān

lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[yáng guì fēi]) (idiom)

朝劳动党
cháo láo dòng dǎng

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea

魏晋南北朝
wèi jìn nán běi cháo

Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties

头朝下
tóu cháo xià

head down

朝过夕改
zhāo guò xī gǎi

to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom)

南朝梁
nán cháo liáng

Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)

明朝体
míng cháo tǐ

Mincho font

前朝
qián cháo

the previous dynasty

秦朝
qín cháo

Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC)

朝野
cháo yě

all levels of society

朝曦
zhāo xī

early morning sunlight

朝令夕改
zhāo lìng xī gǎi

to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)

卫满朝鲜
wèi mǎn cháo xiǎn

Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea

花朝节
huā zhāo jié

Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February

夕发朝至
xī fā zhāo zhì

to depart in the evening and arrive the next morning

高丽王朝
gāo lí wáng cháo

Korean Goryeo Dynasty, 918-1392

灭此朝食
miè cǐ zhāo shí

lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed

朝露溘至
zhāo lù kè zhì

the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

伪朝
wěi cháo

illegitimate dynasty; pretender dynasty

中朝
zhōng cháo

Sino-Korean

朝鲜太宗
cháo xiǎn tài zōng

King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418

长白朝鲜族自治县
cháng bái cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì xiàn

Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山[bái shān], Jilin

朝阳市
cháo yáng shì

Chaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China

隋朝
suí cháo

Sui dynasty (581-617)

王朝
wáng cháo

dynasty

南朝宋
nán cháo sòng

Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing

六朝时代
liù cháo shí dài

the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang

人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù

human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

朝闻夕改
zhāo wén xī gǎi

lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening

阿拔斯王朝
ā bá sī wáng cháo

Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate

朝阳门
cháo yáng mén

Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing

俄中朝
é zhōng cháo

Russia, China and North Korea

都铎王朝
dū duó wáng cháo

Tudor Dynasty, ruled England 1485-1603

朝露暮霭
zhāo lù mù ǎi

morning dew, evening mist (idiom); ephemeral

朝生暮死
zhāo shēng mù sǐ

lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom)

柬吴哥王朝
jiǎn wú gē wáng cháo

Ankor Dynasty of Cambodia, 802-1431

朝歌
zhāo gē

Zhaoge, capital of the Shang dynasty 商朝

日朝
rì cháo

Japan and Korea (esp. North Korea)

朝拜
cháo bài

to worship

圣朝
shèng cháo

the current imperial dynasty

朝花夕拾
zhāo huā xī shí

\Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk\, a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[lǔ xùn]

养兵千日,用在一朝
yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī zhāo

lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom)

朝饔夕飧
zhāo yōng xī sūn

lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening (idiom)

朝房
cháo fáng

reception room for officials (in former times)

朝夕
zhāo xī

morning and night

朝气
zhāo qì

vitality

朝朝暮暮
zhāo zhāo mù mù

from dawn to dusk

朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì

cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)

南朝齐
nán cháo qí

Qi of Southern dynasties (479-502)

白羊朝
bái yáng cháo

Ak Koyunlu or Aq Qoyunlu Turkoman confederation of eastern Iran (c. 1378-c. 1500)

冀朝铸
jì cháo zhù

Ji Chaozhu (1929-2020), Chinese diplomat

朝阳区
cháo yáng qū

Chaoyang inner district of Beijing

危如朝露
wēi rú zhāo lù

precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

面朝黄土背朝天
miàn cháo huáng tǔ bèi cháo tiān

face to the ground, back to the sky

人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù

human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

改朝换代
gǎi cháo huàn dài

to transition to a new dynasty or regime

北朝
běi cháo

Northern Dynasties (386-581)

天朝
tiān cháo

Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China

朝阳
cháo yáng

Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality

宋朝
sòng cháo

Song Dynasty (960-1279)

朝鲜八道
cháo xiǎn bā dào

the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea

朝鲜总督府
cháo xiǎn zǒng dū fǔ

Japanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945

喀拉汗王朝
kā lā hán wáng cháo

Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century

高丽朝
gāo lí cháo

Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392

金朝
jīn cháo

Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhēn] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty

唐朝
táng cháo

Tang dynasty (618-907)

朝鲜人
cháo xiǎn rén

North Korean (person)

朝日新闻
zhāo rì xīn wén

Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

朝后
cháo hòu

backwards

身先朝露
shēn xiān zhāo lù

body will go with the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

朝圣者
cháo shèng zhě

pilgrim

六朝四大家
liù cháo sì dà jiā

Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴[cáo bù xīng], Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之[gù kǎi zhī], Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微[lù tàn wēi] and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇[zhāng sēng yóu]

朝鲜
cháo xiǎn

North Korea

朝鲜海峡
cháo xiǎn hǎi xiá

Korea Strait

朝代
cháo dài

dynasty

夏朝
xià cháo

Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 BC)

汉朝
hàn cháo

Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

朝朝
zhāo zhāo

every day (archaic)

朝天
cháo tiān

Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[guǎng yuán shì], Sichuan

美朝
měi cháo

US and North Korea

朝鲜语
cháo xiǎn yǔ

Korean language

朝贡
cháo gòng

to present tribute (to the emperor)

皇朝
huáng cháo

the imperial court

本朝
běn cháo

the current dynasty

周王朝
zhōu wáng cháo

the Zhou dynasty from 1027 BC

朝夕相处
zhāo xī xiāng chǔ

to spend all one's time together (idiom)

朝觐
cháo jìn

to give audience (of emperor)

有朝
yǒu zhāo

one day; sometime in the future

卫氏朝鲜
wèi shì cháo xiǎn

Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea

朝核问题
cháo hé wèn tí

Korean nuclear problem

一朝一夕
yī zhāo yī xī

lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)

浮云朝露
fú yún zhāo lù

floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence

元朝
yuán cháo

Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

新朝
xīn cháo

the Xin dynasty (8-23 AD) of Wang Mang 王莽, forming the interregnum between the former and later Han

朝气蓬勃
zhāo qì péng bó

full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous