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趙紫陽
ㄓㄠˋ ㄗˇ ㄧㄤˊ
“Zhao Ziyang (1919–2005); former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, ousted for opposing the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown”
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趙
ㄓㄠˋ
Surname Zhao; name of one of the seven Warring States; name of two historical kingdoms (Former Zhao and Later Zhao).
紫
ㄗˇ
Purple or violet color; amethyst; a surname.
陽
ㄧㄤˊ
The sun; the male principle in Taoism, opposite of yin; positive electric charge; the bright side of a mountain or shady side of water; the world of the living.
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- 太陽ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄤˊsun; sunlight; sunshine
- 陽光ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄤsunshine; sunlight; (of personality) cheerful, upbeat, energetic; (of governance, process) transparent, open to public scrutiny
- 太陽能ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄋㄥˊsolar energy; power derived from the sun's radiation, convertible into electricity or heat.
- 陽台ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄞˊbalcony; an outdoor platform projecting from a building, used for sitting or drying clothes
- 洛陽ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄤˊcity in western Henan, China; historically a capital for several dynasties; also called Luoyang City.
- 陽明ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊbright; luminous; sunshine; Yangming (Wang Shiren's sobriquet); Yangming district in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang; Yangming Cave on Kuaiji Mountain in Shaoxing, Zhejiang; a meridian name in traditional Chinese medicine.
- 紫色ㄗˇ ㄙㄜˋpurple; violet; a color made by mixing red and blue.
- 夕陽ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊsunset; the setting sun; (by extension) old age; decline; a waning period
- 陰陽ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊyin and yang; complementary opposing forces in Chinese philosophy; divination or geomancy based on cosmic principles; a fortune-teller or feng shui practitioner; cathode and anode in electricity.
- 陽明山ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄢYangmingshan; a mountain and national park north of Taipei, Taiwan; known for hot springs, cherry blossoms, and flower festivals; formerly called Caoshan, renamed in 1950 after the Ming-dynasty scholar Wang Yangming.
- 趙匡胤ㄓㄠˋ ㄎㄨㄤ ㄧㄣˋZhao Kuangyin; personal name; founding emperor of the Song dynasty; ended the chaos of the Five Dynasties period.
- 蘭陽ㄌㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊYilan; a region in northeastern Taiwan; the Yilan Plain; the Yilan River.