巴蜀
巴蜀 Bā shǔ ㄅㄚ ㄕㄨˇ baa1 suk6
- Sichuan
- originally two provinces of Qin and Han
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More words with these characters
巴
蜀
- 乐蜀樂蜀 Lè shǔ ㄌㄜˋ ㄕㄨˇ lok6 suk6 Luxor, city in Egypt (Cantonese transliteration)
- 蜀国蜀國 Shǔ guó ㄕㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ suk6 gwok3 Sichuan
- 蜀山 Shǔ shān ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄢ suk6 saan1 see 蜀山區|蜀山区[Shu3 shan1 Qu1]
- 蜀汉蜀漢 Shǔ Hàn ㄕㄨˇ ㄏㄢˋ suk6 hon3 Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han
- 蜀相 Shǔ xiàng ㄕㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ suk6 soeng3 the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4])
- 蜀绣蜀繡 Shǔ xiù ㄕㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 湘繡|湘绣[Xiang1 xiu4] and 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4])
Idioms with these characters
- 巴高望上 bā gāo wàng shàng ㄅㄚ ㄍㄠ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄤˋ baa1 gou1 mong6 soeng6 to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
- 百般巴结百般巴結 bǎi bān bā jié ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄢ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˊ baak3 bun1 baa1 git3 to flatter someone in a hundred different ways
- 巴前算后巴前算後 bā qián suàn hòu ㄅㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄡˋ baa1 cin4 syun3 hau6 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
- 巴三览四巴三覽四 bā sān lǎn sì ㄅㄚ ㄙㄢ ㄌㄢˇ ㄙˋ baa1 saam1 laam5 sei3 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
- 巴山蜀水 Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ ㄅㄚ ㄕㄢ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ baa1 saan1 suk6 seoi2 mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
- 巴山蜀水 Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ ㄅㄚ ㄕㄢ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ baa1 saan1 suk6 seoi2 mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
- 乐不思蜀樂不思蜀 lè bù sī Shǔ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙ ㄕㄨˇ lok6 bat1 si1 suk6 indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)
- 蜀犬吠日 Shǔ quǎn fèi rì ㄕㄨˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄖˋ suk6 hyun2 fai6 jat6 lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things