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伍子胥

Mandarin · pinyin Wǔ Zǐ xū

Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.

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伍: wǔ · five, company of five; troops
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
胥: xū · all, together, mutually

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3–3–1 · Wu3 Zi3 xu1

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