Wǔ Zǐ xū

伍子胥 (Wǔ Zǐ xū) is a Chinese word meaning “Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.”.

Meanings

  1. 1Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.

Characters in 伍子胥

伍wǔ · squad of five soldiers子zǐ · son胥xū · all

Related words

孩子child儿子son房子house妻子wife and children妻子wife案子long table; counter样子appearance小子(literary) youngster小子(coll.) boy子son子noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"日子day

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