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西施 (sai1 si1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

西施 (sai1 si1, Xī shī) — Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 西九龍 (sai1 gau2 lung4) — West Kowloon; a part of Kowloon in Hong Kong
• 西京 (sai1 ging1) — A capital city that is located in the western part
• 西人 (sai1 jan4) — (n.) refers to foreigner, usually Caucasian; a westerner
• 西便 (sai1 bin6) — Western part
• 西冷牛扒 (sai1 laang5 ngau4 paa4) — sirloin steak
• 西冷 (sai1 laang1) — Sirloin

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