西子

another name for Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1]

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] / Spanish

lit. Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom) / fig. a woman who is beautiful even when suffering the pangs of illness