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萧
common artemisia; dejected
Radical
Strokes (without radical) 8 Total Strokes 14
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Traditional Variant(s) common artemisia; sighing of wind; mournful; dejected

CEDICT Entries:

   [ ]    surname Xiao
   [ ]    miserable, desolate, dreary, Chinese mugwort
   [ shān ]    Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty
   [ qián ]    Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
   [ ]    George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer
   [ ]    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]
   [ 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]
   [ shān ]    Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
   [ shān ]    Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
   [ liáng ]    Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
   [ ]    bleak, desolate, (economic) depression or slump
   [ ]    variant of 瀟灑|潇洒[xiao1 sa3]
   [ rán ]    desolate, empty
   [ qiáng ]    (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
   [ ]    to rustle in the air, to rustle, to sough, bleak, desolate, chilly
   [ hóng ]    Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
   [ suǒ ]    bleak, desolate, melancholy
   [ xiàn ]    Xiao county in Suzhou 宿州[Su4 zhou1], Anhui
   [ wàn cháng ]    Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012
   [ guī caó 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
   [ bāng ]    (Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
⇒    [ rán ]    four bare walls
⇒    [ ]    the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)
⇒    [ chéng baì ]    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
⇒    [ chéng baì ]    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
⇒    [ paí ]    panpipe
⇒    [ jīng ]    economic depression

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