The New Dictionary.9 results
Matches in definitions, examples and entry notes are identified below.
Dictionary lookup matches complete headwords and pronunciations, or words in English definitions. Additional readings, names and variants are linked from their principal entries. Related words are separate, and partial pinyin has its own suggestions. General lexical entries precede names and historical references. Available frequency counts help order comparable matches.
Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. Counts describe written forms across their readings. A missing count is unknown.
(idiom) to beg on the streets / to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[])
Definition… the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])
Wu She (–522 BC), father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥[], official of the state of Chu, executed after being falsely accused by King Ping of Chu
DefinitionWu She (–522 BC), father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥[ ], official of the state of Chu, executed after being falsely accused by King Ping of Chu
Brave New World, novel by Aldous Huxley 阿道司·赫胥黎[]
DefinitionBrave New World, novel by Aldous Huxley 阿道司·赫胥黎[ · ]
minor official
Headword or pronunciation吏胥
all / assist / to store
Headword or pronunciation胥
low-level government official (in former times)
Headword or pronunciation胥吏
Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.
Headword or pronunciation伍子胥
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), British novelist and author of "Brave New World" 美麗新世界|美丽新世界[]
Headword or pronunciation奥尔德斯·赫胥黎
Huxley (name) / Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British evolutionary scientist and champion of Darwin / Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist
Headword or pronunciation赫胥黎