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柏舉之戰 柏举之战 [Bai3 ju3 zhi1 Zhan4] /Battle of Baiju (506 BC), in which Wu 吳|吴[Wu2] scored a crushing victory over Chu 楚[Chu3]/ 1952 1
[chu3] /distinct/clear/orderly/pain/suffering/deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex)/punishment cane (old)/ 6059 1
[[Chu3]] /surname Chu/abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2nan2 Sheng3] provinces together/Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)/ 385 2
楚辭 楚辞 [[Chu3ci2]] /Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4chao2]/ 861 2
鴻溝 鸿沟 [[hong2gou1]] /(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap/(originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4]/ 870 2
毛遂 毛遂 [Mao2 Sui4] /Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自薦|毛遂自荐[Mao2 Sui4 zi4 jian4]/ 6026 1
毛遂自薦 毛遂自荐 [Mao2 Sui4 zi4 jian4] /Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)/ 6333 1
[Ying3] /Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县/ 6794 1
郢書燕說 郢书燕说 [Ying3 shu1 Yan1 shuo1] /lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it/fig. to misinterpret the original meaning/to pile up errors/refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"/ 5376 1
戰國七雄 战国七雄 [zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2] /Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊|齐[Qi2], 楚[Chu3], 燕[Yan1], 韓|韩[Han2], 趙|赵[Zhao4], 魏[Wei4] and 秦[Qin2]/ 5789 1

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