周宣王
Zhōu Xuān wáng
Pinyin
Definition
周宣王
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- King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (14)
胜者王侯败者寇
- 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
- 2 history is written by the victors
周游列国
- 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
- 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
大水冲了龙王庙
- 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
- 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
- 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
成则为王,败则为寇
- 1 lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
- 2 fig. losers are always in the wrong
擒贼擒王
- 1 to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)