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

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
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arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3]
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Characters with 侯 as component

to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days
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monkey / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
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(appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic)
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rope attached to a sword hilt / (archaic) hilt / sword
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Words with 侯

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
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]

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