王昭君
Wáng Zhāo jūn
Pinyin

Definition

王昭君
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Wáng Zhāo jūn
  1. Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Hàn Yuán dì], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sì dà měi nu:3]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

君
jūn
  1. 1 monarch
  2. 2 lord
  3. 3 gentleman
  4. 4 ruler
女王
nǚ wáng
  1. 1 queen
王
Wáng
  1. 1 surname Wang
王子
wáng zǐ
  1. 1 prince
  2. 2 son of a king
王道
wáng dào
  1. 1 the Way of the King
  2. 2 statecraft
  3. 3 benevolent rule
  4. 4 virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道

Idioms (20)

仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
伴君如伴虎
bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
  1. 1 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
  1. 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  2. 2 history is written by the victors
司马昭之心路人皆知
Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī
  1. 1 lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an open secret

Sample Sentences

你要求真高！那王昭君总行了吧，远离自己的故乡，去北方和游牧民族的首领和亲。
nǐ yāoqiú zhēn gāo ！nà Wáng Zhāojūn zǒng xíngle ba ，yuǎnlí zìjǐ de gùxiàng ，qù běifāng hé yóumù mínzú de shǒulǐng héqīn 。
Your standards are really high! Wang Zhaojun must be the best then. She left her home and headed north to marry the head of a nomadic tribe to create peace between China and its neighbors.
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