王昭君
Wáng Zhāo jūn
Pinyin

Definition

王昭君
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Wáng Zhāo jūn
  1. Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Hàn Yuán dì], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sì dà měi nu:3]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

君
jūn
  1. 1 monarch
  2. 2 lord
  3. 3 gentleman
  4. 4 ruler
女王
nu:3 wáng
  1. 1 queen
王
Wáng
  1. 1 surname Wang
王子
wáng zǐ
  1. 1 prince
  2. 2 son of a king
王道
wáng dào
  1. 1 the Way of the King
  2. 2 statecraft
  3. 3 benevolent rule
  4. 4 virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
君主
jūn zhǔ
  1. 1 monarch
  2. 2 sovereign
君子
jūn zǐ
  1. 1 nobleman
  2. 2 person of noble character
君王
jūn wáng
  1. 1 sovereign king
国王
guó wáng
  1. 1 king
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
大王
dà wáng
  1. 1 king
  2. 2 magnate
  3. 3 person having expert skill in something
天王
tiān wáng
  1. 1 emperor
  2. 2 god
  3. 3 Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title
  4. 4 see also 洪秀全[Hóng Xiù quán]
帝王
dì wáng
  1. 1 regent
  2. 2 monarch
暴君
bào jūn
  1. 1 tyrant
  2. 2 despot
灶王爷
Zào wáng yé
  1. 1 Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
  2. 2 also written 灶神
猴王
Hóu wáng
  1. 1 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xī yóu Jì]
王八
wáng bā
  1. 1 tortoise
  2. 2 cuckold
  3. 3 (old) male owner of a brothel
  4. 4 pimp
王八蛋
wáng bā dàn
  1. 1 bastard (insult)
  2. 2 son of a bitch
王冠
wáng guān
  1. 1 crown
王力宏
Wáng Lì hóng
  1. 1 Wang Lee-Hom (1976-), Taiwanese-American singer
王国
wáng guó
  1. 1 kingdom
  2. 2 realm

Idioms (20)

仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
伴君如伴虎
bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
  1. 1 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
  1. 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  2. 2 history is written by the victors
司马昭之心路人皆知
Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī
  1. 1 lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an open secret
君子之交
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
君子远庖厨
jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú
  1. 1 lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
大水冲了龙王庙
dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào
  1. 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
  3. 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
忠君爱国
zhōng jūn ài guó
  1. 1 faithful patriots (idiom)
恶名昭著
è míng zhāo zhù
  1. 1 notorious (idiom)
  2. 2 infamous
成则为王，败则为寇
chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu
  1. 1 lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. losers are always in the wrong
擒贼擒王
qín zéi qín wáng
  1. 1 to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
有仇不报非君子
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ
  1. 1 a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén
  1. 1 one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
淑人君子
shū rén jūn zi
  1. 1 virtuous gentleman (idiom)
混世魔王
hùn shì mó wáng
  1. 1 devil incarnate (idiom)
  2. 2 fiend in human form
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
  1. 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
  2. 2 all one's geese are swans
王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
  1. 1 the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
  2. 2 to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你要求真高！那王昭君总行了吧，远离自己的故乡，去北方和游牧民族的首领和亲。
nǐ yāoqiú zhēn gāo ！nà Wáng Zhāojūn zǒng xíngle ba ，yuǎnlí zìjǐ de gùxiàng ，qù běifāng hé yóumù mínzú de shǒulǐng héqīn 。
Your standards are really high! Wang Zhaojun must be the best then. She left her home and headed north to marry the head of a nomadic tribe to create peace between China and its neighbors.
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