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小蛮腰	xiǎo mán yāo	slim feminine waist; willow waist (from the name of a Tang dynasty woman Xiao Man, famed for her slender waist)
成也萧何，败也萧何	chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé	lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韩信 being made Grand General 大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
小儿经	Xiǎo ér jīng	Xiao'erjing, refers to the use of the Arabic alphabet to write Chinese
小桥	Xiǎo Qiáo	Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China
吹箫	chuī xiāo	to play the xiao 箫, a vertical bamboo flute / (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吴市吹箫) / (slang) to give a blowjob
萧规曹随	Xiāo guī Cáo suí	lit. Xiao's 萧何 governance followed by Cao 曹参 (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent
玉人吹箫	yù rén chuī xiāo	virtuoso piper wins a beauty / the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公
洨河	Xiáo Hé	Xiao River in Hebei
肖	Xiāo	surname Xiao / Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]
萧红	Xiāo Hóng	Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
清代通史	Qīng dài Tōng shǐ	General History of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 萧一山
秦孝公	Qín Xiào gōng	Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦国, ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period
南齐书	Nán Qí shū	History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Xiao Zixian 萧子显 in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁, 59 scrolls
赵州桥	Zhào zhōu Qiáo	Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河 in Zhao county 赵县, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代 (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge
萧何	Xiāo Hé	Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚汉战争
齐书	Qí shū	History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Xiao Zixian 萧子显 in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁, 59 scrolls / usually 南齐书 to distinguish from Northern Qi
萧县	Xiāo Xiàn	Xiao County or Xiaoxian, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市, Anhui
箫	xiāo	xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
肖扬	Xiāo Yáng	Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008
萧子显	Xiāo Zǐ xiǎn	Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齐书