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Character Decomposition
吴=口+天
Meanings
surname Wu
area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai
name of states in southern China at different historical periods
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Words with 吴 259 total
Idioms with 吴 16 total Chain
the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon天低吴楚，眼空无物tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù(idiom) the water buffalo of Wu pants at the moon; fig. to be overly fearful due to suspicion吴牛喘月wú niú chuǎn yuè(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")吴市吹箫wú shì chuī xiāo
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