Chinese Character Dictionary

赶尽杀绝

găn jìn shā jué

to kill to the last one (idiom)

赶紧

găn jĭn

hurriedly

赶考

găn kăo

to go and take an imperial examination

赶脚

găn jiăo

to work as a carter or porter

赶走

găn zŏu

to drive out

赶赴

găn fù

to hurry

赶超

găn chāo

to overtake

赶跑

găn păo

to drive away

赶路

găn lù

to hasten on with one's journey

赶车

găn chē

to drive a cart

赶集

găn jí

to go to market

赶鸭子上架

găn yā zi shàng jià

lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)

赵

Zhào

surname Zhao

赵元任

Zhào Yuán rèn

Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist

赵匡胤

Zhào Kuāng yìn

Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)

赵国

Zhào Guó

Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (47-220 BC)

赵宋

Zhào Sòng

Song dynasty (960-1279)

赵客

Zhào kè

knight of the Zhao State

赵岐

Zhào Qí

Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子[Mèng zĭ]

赵州桥

Zhào zhōu Qiáo

Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiáo Hé] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhào Xiàn], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Suí dài] (81-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge

赵忠尧

Zhào Zhōng yáo

Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist

赵惠文王

Zhào Huì wén Wáng

King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period

赵括

Zhào Kuò

Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC

赵晔

Zhào Yè

Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋

赵本山

Zhào Bĕn shān

Zhao Benshan (198-), universally known PRC TV comedian

赵构

Zhào Gòu

Zhao Gou, personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 高宗[Gāo zōng]

赵树理

Zhào Shù lĭ

Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist

赵尔巽

Zhào Er3 xùn

Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿

赵紫阳

Zhào Zĭ yáng

Zhao Ziyang (1919-200), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then

赵县

Zhào Xiàn

Zhao County in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei

赵翼

Zhào Yì

Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家

赵薇

Zhào Wēi

Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star

赵军

Zhào jūn

army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States

赵云

Zhào Yún

Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

趟

tāng

to wade

趡

cuĭ

place name

趣

qù

interesting

趣事

qù shì

entertaining anecdote

趣剧

qù jù

farce

趣味

qù wèi

fun

趣多多

Qù duō duō

Chips Ahoy! (brand)

趣闻

qù wén

funny news item

趦

zī

variant of 趑, to falter

趦趄嗫嚅

zī jū niè rú

faltering steps

趋

qū

to hasten

趋之若鹜

qū zhī ruò wù

to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable

趋冷

qū lĕng

a cold tendency

趋冷气候

qū lĕng qì hòu

cooling

趋力

qū lì

driving force

趋势

qū shì

trend

趋化作用

qū huà zuò yòng

chemotaxis (movement of leukocytes under chemical stimulus)

趋吉避凶

qū jí bì xiōng

to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)

趋同

qū tóng

to converge

趋向

qū xiàng

direction

趋奉

qū fèng

to fawn on

趋于

qū yú

to tend towards

趋时

qū shí

to follow fashion

趋炎附势

qū yán fù shì

to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power

趋缓

qū huăn

to slow down

趋近

qū jìn

to approach (a numerical value)