楚

surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)

distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)

variant of 匹[pi3] / classifier for cloth: bolt

foot

variant of 雅[ya3]

to be very clear about sth (idiom)

lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help

Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia

clear diction / clear articulation

southern states of Wu and Chu / the middle and lower Yangtze valley

lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off

unclear / not understood / currently unknown

lucid / clear-headed / sensible

the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon

James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党

sad / wretched / miserable

Uxin or Wushen banner in southwest Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia