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趙

简赵 · 繁趙

Mandarin · pinyin zhào#

to surpass (old)

Mandarin · pinyin Zhào#

surname Zhao
one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC)
the Former Zhao 前趙 Qián Zhào (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙 Hòu Zhào (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms

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赵: zhào · surname; ancient state

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4 · zhao4

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tiu5 · ziu6

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(obsolete) to run; to gallop; to move quickly
(historical) (～國) Zhao (a former city-state in Hongdong, Shanxi, China, under the Zhou)
(historical) (～國) Zhao (a former kingdom in Shanxi and Hebei, China, during the Warring States)
(historical) (～國) Zhao (a former kingdom in Hebei, China, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms)
(historical) (～州) Zhao (a former prefecture of imperial China around Zhaozhou in modern Hebei)
(～縣) Zhao (a county in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China)
Zhao, a surname, the surname of the Song emperors, causing it to be listed first in the Baijiaxing
(Internet slang, officially proscribed, often attributive) synonym of 中國共產黨 /中国共产党 (Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng), the Communist Party of China

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to weed the ground; to hoe

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