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趙國

简赵国 · 繁趙國

Mandarin · pinyin Zhào Guó

Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)

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赵: zhào · surname; ancient state
国: guó · nation, country, nation-state

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4–2 · Zhao4 Guo2

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name · Etymology 1

(historical) Zhao (a former city-state in Hongdong, Shanxi, China, under the Zhou)
(historical) Zhao (a former kingdom in Shanxi and Hebei, China, during the Warring States)
(historical) Zhao (a former kingdom in Hebei, China, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms)

name · Etymology 2

(Internet slang, sarcastic, derogatory, officially proscribed) synonym of 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó), the People's Republic of China, with particular reference to its supposed rule by corrupt and insular elite families

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