趙

surname Zhao / one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476-220 BC) / the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms

to surpass (old)

surname Xiao / Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]

similar / resembling / to resemble / to be like

to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning)

lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner

lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers

four proverbial names / Tom, Dick and Harry

anyone / Mr Average / any Tom, Dick or Harry

Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)

Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers

Yanzhao Metropolis Daily

Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist

Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism

Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism

Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)

Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)

courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云[Zhao4 Yun2], general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Song dynasty (960-1279) / used to distinguish it from 劉宋|刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479)

knight of the Zhao State / generic term for a knight-errant

(neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC)

Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]

Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge

Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist

Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329)