吴越 吳越

吴 吳

• 吴中 吳中 Wú zhōng ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ng4 zung1 see 吴中区
• 吴仪 吳儀 Wú Yí ㄨˊ ㄧˊ ng4 ji4 Wu Yi (1938-), one of four vice-premiers of the PRC State Council
• 吴国 吳國 Wú guó ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ng4 gwok3 Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods)
• 吴堡 吳堡 Wú bǔ ㄨˊ ㄅㄨˇ ng4 bou2 see 吴堡县
• 吴子 吳子 Wú zǐ ㄨˊ ㄗˇ ng4 zi2 Wuzi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书, written by Wu Qi 吴起

越

• 优越 優越 yōu yuè ㄧㄡ ㄩㄝˋ jau1 jyut6 superior
• 卓越 zhuó yuè ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄩㄝˋ coek3 jyut6 outstanding
• 穿越 chuān yuè ㄔㄨㄢ ㄩㄝˋ cyun1 jyut6 to pass through
• 超越 chāo yuè ㄔㄠ ㄩㄝˋ ciu1 jyut6 to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
• 越发 越發 yuè fā ㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄚ jyut6 faat3 increasingly

• 吴市吹箫 吳市吹簫 wú shì chuī xiāo ㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ ng4 si5 ceoi1 siu1 (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" 史记)
• 吴头楚尾 吳頭楚尾 Wú tóu Chǔ wěi ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄨˇ ㄨㄟˇ ng4 tau4 co2 mei5 lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together
• 吴下阿蒙 吳下阿蒙 Wú xià ā Méng ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄚ ㄇㄥˊ ng4 haa6 aa3 mung4 General Lü Meng 吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)

• 巴山越岭 巴山越嶺 bā shān yuè lǐng ㄅㄚ ㄕㄢ ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ baa1 saan1 jyut6 ling5 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
• 蹿房越脊 躥房越脊 cuān fáng yuè jǐ ㄘㄨㄢ ㄈㄤˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧˇ cyun1 fong4 jyut6 zek3 lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 侠客 in fiction)
• 翻山越岭 翻山越嶺 fān shān yuè lǐng ㄈㄢ ㄕㄢ ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ faan1 saan1 jyut6 leng5 lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom)