"萧" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 萧 |  xiāo | (old) Chinese mugwort / (bound form) desolate / dreary |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 萧条 | xiāo tiáo | bleak / desolate / (economics) in a slump / sluggish / depressed |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧瑟 | xiāo sè | to rustle in the air / to rustle / to sough / bleak / desolate / chilly | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧然 | xiāo rán | desolate / empty | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧索 | xiāo suǒ | bleak / desolate / melancholy | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧红 | Xiāo Hóng | Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧墙 | xiāo qiáng | (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧乾 | Xiāo Qián | Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧洒 | xiāo sǎ | variant of 瀟灑|潇洒[xiao1 sa3] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧邦 | Xiāo bāng | (Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧何 | Xiāo Hé | Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧梁 | Xiāo Liáng | Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧山 | Xiāo shān | Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧县 | Xiāo xiàn | Xiao County or Xiaoxian, a county in Suzhou 宿州[Su4zhou1], Anhui | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧伯纳 | Xiāo bó nà | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧皇后 | xiāo huáng hòu | Empress | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧山区 | Xiāo shān qū | Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧万长 | Xiāo Wàn cháng | Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧一山 | Xiāo Yī shān | Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧子显 | Xiāo Zǐ xiǎn | Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 萧规曹随 | Xiāo guī Cáo suí | lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 排萧 | pái xiāo | panpipe | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 大萧条 | dà xiāo tiáo | the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 经济萧条 | jīng jì xiāo tiáo | economic depression | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 四壁萧然 | sì bì xiāo rán | four bare walls | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 成也萧何，败也萧何 | chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé | lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1] / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
