| 王侯将相 |
wáng hóu jiàng xiàng |
(lit.) kings, nobles, generals and ministers (idiom) / (fig.) people of the highest rank and status; the ruling elite |
| 王 |
Wáng |
surname Wang |
| 王 |
wáng |
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great |
| 王 |
wàng |
(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom) |
| 王侯 |
wáng hóu |
aristocracy |
| 侯 |
Hóu |
surname Hou |
| 侯 |
hóu |
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位 / nobleman; high official |
| 侯 |
hòu |
used in 闽侯 (the name of a place in Fujian) |
| 将 |
jiāng |
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) |
| 将 |
jiàng |
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) |
| 将 |
qiāng |
to desire / to invite / to request |
| 相 |
Xiāng |
surname Xiang |
| 相 |
xiāng |
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品) |
| 相 |
xiàng |
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |