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昭君

Zhāojūn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Zhaojun, Wang Zhaojun (c. 52–19 BC), the Han palace lady given in marriage to the Xiongnu chanyu
王昭君 Wáng Zhāojūn Wang Zhaojun · historical figure

Examples

HSK 5
昭君是中国古代四大美女之一。
Zhāojūn shì Zhōngguó gǔdài sì dà měinǚ zhīyī.
Zhaojun is one of the Four Beauties of ancient China.
HSK 6
昭君离开长安，远嫁到了匈奴。
Zhāojūn líkāi Cháng'ān, yuǎnjià dào le Xiōngnú.
Zhaojun left Chang'an to be married far away among the Xiongnu.

Tips

history
Her name was 王嫱, and 昭君 was her courtesy name. In 33 BC 汉元帝 gave her in marriage to the chanyu 呼韩邪. Under the Jin she was renamed 明妃 to avoid the name of 司马昭, and her tomb, the 青冢, is near Hohhot.
culture
Her journey north is a favourite subject of poems, operas and paintings, and among the four beauties she is the one who 'makes the wild geese fall' (落雁). A legend says the court painter 毛延寿 made her portrait plain because she would not bribe him, so the emperor saw her beauty only as she was leaving.

Stroke Order

昭 zhāo
君 jūn