侯

surname Hou

marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman or high official

marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman; high official

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3]

marquis

Saddam Hussein

Husain or Hussein (name) / Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura / Saddam Hussein al Tikriti (1937-2006), dictator of Iraq 1979-2003

dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers

feudal vassal / feudal princes, esp. the monarchs (dukes or princes) of the several vassal states 諸侯國|诸侯国 of Zhou during Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods 11th-5th century BC / subordinate warlord / local official

aristocracy

noble house

lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom) / fig. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people

duke (old) / nobleman / gentry

rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548

lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea / there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)

Houma, county-level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi

Houma, county-level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi

the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom) / history is written by the victors

see 勝者王侯敗者寇|胜者王侯败者寇[sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 kou4]