曾国藩
Zēng Guó fān
Pinyin

Definition

曾国藩
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Zēng Guó fān
  1. Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

曾
Zēng
  1. 1 surname Zeng
曾经
céng jīng
  1. 1 once
  2. 2 already
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 ever
  6. 6 (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
三藩市
Sān fān shì
  1. 1 San Francisco (California)
似曾相识
sì céng xiāng shí
  1. 1 déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
  2. 2 seemingly familiar
  3. 3 apparently already acquainted
何曾
hé céng
  1. 1 did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
曾国藩
Zēng Guó fān
  1. 1 Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
曾孙
zēng sūn
  1. 1 great-grandson
曾孙女
zēng sūn nu:3
  1. 1 great-granddaughter
曾几何时
céng jǐ hé shí
  1. 1 just a while before
  2. 2 not so long ago
  3. 3 everyone can remember when..
曾祖
zēng zǔ
  1. 1 great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
曾祖母
zēng zǔ mǔ
  1. 1 father's father's mother
  2. 2 paternal great-grandmother
曾祖父
zēng zǔ fù
  1. 1 father's father's father
  2. 2 paternal great-grandfather
曾荫权
Zēng Yìn quán
  1. 1 Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-)
曾巩
Zēng Gǒng
  1. 1 Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
蔡东藩
Cài Dōng fān
  1. 1 Cai Dongfan (1877-1945), historian and historical novelist
藩
fān
  1. 1 fence
  2. 2 hedge
  3. 3 screen
  4. 4 barrier
  5. 5 vassal state
  6. 6 Taiwan pr. [fán]
藩篱
fān lí
  1. 1 hedge
  2. 2 fence
  3. 3 (fig.) barrier
藩镇
fān zhèn
  1. 1 lit. fence town
  2. 2 buffer region (between enemies)
  3. 3 Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jié dù shǐ]

Idioms (4)

曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
  1. 1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
  1. 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
羊触藩篱
yáng chù fān lí
  1. 1 lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat
  2. 2 without any way out of a dilemma
  3. 3 trapped
  4. 4 in an impossible situation
羝羊触藩
dī yáng chù fān
  1. 1 lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat
  2. 2 without any way out of a dilemma
  3. 3 trapped
  4. 4 in an impossible situation

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