Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu4 ren2]

bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly

first-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked one level below the empress)

see 昭化區|昭化区[Zhao1 hua4 Qu1]

see 昭平縣|昭平县[Zhao1 ping2 Xian4]

to declare publicly; to make clear

see 昭蘇縣|昭苏县[Zhao1 su1 Xian4]

see 昭覺縣|昭觉县[Zhao1 jue2 Xian4]

see 昭通市[Zhao1 tong1 Shi4]

see 昭陽區|昭阳区[Zhao1 yang2 Qu1]

to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate

Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4]

Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, reign name of twentieth Tang emperor 李曄|李晔[Li1 Ye4] (867-904), reigned 888-904

Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism

Ramoche Temple, Lhasa

Zhaohua, a district of Guangyuan City 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 Shi4], Sichuan

Zhaoping, a county in Hezhou City 賀州市|贺州市[He4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi

Zhaosu, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang

Zhaojue, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan

Zhaotong, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]

Zhaoyang, a district of Zhaotong City 昭通市[Zhao1 tong1 Shi4], Yunnan

Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3]

lit. the masses are sharp-eyed (idiom); fig. one is subjected to the scrutiny of the general public

infamous; notorious

notorious; infamous

Chao Phraya River, the main river of Thailand

abundantly clear

notorious for his misdeeds (idiom); infamous

flowing (of prose); free

Chao Phraya Phra Klang (Royal Finance and External Affairs Minister), the honorary title of the 18th century official of the royal court of Thailand who translated 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) into Thai

lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom); fig. an open secret