Gōu Jiàn

Traditional: 勾踐

勾践 (Gōu Jiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸”.

Meanings

  1. 1King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸

Characters in 勾践

勾gōu · to attract践jiàn · to fulfill (a promise)

Related words

勾引to seduce勾to attract勾used in 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]勾surname Gou勾搭to gang up勾当shady business实践practice践踏to trample一笔勾销to write off at one stroke勾结to collude with践to fulfill (a promise)勾画to sketch out

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