surname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

cassia; laurel

see 臨桂區|临桂区[Lin2 gui4 Qu1]

orange osmanthus

Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia); also written 肉桂[rou4 gui4]

to win the laurels; to pass an imperial examination; to win a championship

laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; bay leaf

see 肉桂[rou4 gui4]

see 桂皮[gui4 pi2], Chinese cinnamon

Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty

Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910)

lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon); fig. to succeed in the imperial examination

food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom); the cost of living is very high