Wèi Liáo

Traditional: 尉繚

尉缭 (Wèi Liáo) is a Chinese word meaning “Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy”.

Meanings

  1. 1Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy

Characters in 尉缭

尉wèi · military officer缭liáo · to wind round

Related words

上尉captain (military rank)中尉lieutenant (navy)少尉second lieutenant (army rank)眼花缭乱to be dazzled尉military officer尉used in 尉遲|尉迟[Yu4 chi2]尉surname Wei缭绕(of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward大尉captain (army rank)卫尉commander of the imperial guards廷尉chief judicial officer in imperial China摸金校尉(idiom) military title said to have existed in the Han dynasty, allegedly granted to officials tasked with retrieving gold from tombs to fund military campaigns; (in popular fiction) tomb raider

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