萧
mournful, desolate; common Artemisa; surname Xiao; (old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
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- xiāo
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- 萧乾xiāo qián · xiaoqianXiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
- 萧何xiāo hé · xiaoheXiao 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 · xiaoliangLiang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
- 萧条xiāo tiáo · xiaotiaobleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
- 萧然xiāo rán · xiaorandesolate; empty
- 萧墙xiāo qiáng · xiaoqiang(literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
- 萧瑟xiāo sè · xiaoseto rustle in the air; to rustle; to sough
- 萧红xiāo hóng · xiaohongXiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
- 萧索xiāo suǒ · xiaosuobleak; desolate; melancholy
- 萧县xiāo xiàn · xiaoxianXiao County or Xiaoxian, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市[Su4 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui
- 萧邦xiāo bāng · xiaobang(Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
- 大萧条dà xiāo tiáo · daxiaotiaothe Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)
- 萧一山xiāo yī shān · xiaoyishanXiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty
- 萧伯纳xiāo bó nà · xiaobonaGeorge Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer
- 萧子显xiāo zǐ xiǎn · xiaozixianXiao 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]
- 萧山区xiāo shān qū · xiaoshanquXiaoshan, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
- 萧万长xiāo wàn cháng · xiaowanchangVincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012
- 四壁萧然sì bì xiāo rán · sibixiaoranfour bare walls
- 经济萧条jīng jì xiāo tiáo · jingjixiaotiaoeconomic depression
- 萧规曹随xiāo guī cáo suí · xiaoguicaosuilit. 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
- 成也萧何,败也萧何chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé · chengyexiaohe,baiyexiaohelit. 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