to be very clear about sth (idiom)

pain; anguish; suffering

surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)

distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)

suffering; misery; pain (esp. psychological)

sad; wretched; miserable

southern states of Wu and Chu; the middle and lower Yangtze valley

see 巴楚縣|巴楚县[Ba1 chu3 Xian4]

sorrowful; grieved

thorny problem; troublesome affair

the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei

neat; lovely

Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]

see 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]; see 楚雄市[Chu3 xiong2 Shi4]

person of outstanding talent

plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola); kiwi fruit

disconsolate; forlorn; grievance

outstanding; extraordinary; preeminent

unclear; not understood; currently unknown

Uxin or Wushen banner in southwest Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia

James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党

Maralbexi, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市[Ka1 shi2 Shi4], Xinjiang

Nyang qu or Nian chu River in Tibet, a tributary of Yarlung Tsangpo

King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸

King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299 BC); later King Huai of Chu (reigned 208-205 BC)

see 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]

Chuxiong, a county-level city in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan

Cherie Chung (1960–), Hong Kong actress

Mamoudzou, capital of Mayotte

clear diction; clear articulation

lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together; head-to-tail; one thing starts where the other leaves off

lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom); fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help

lucid; clear-headed; sensible

serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides

(idiom) pitiable; sweet, innocent and vulnerable

Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu

see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]

lit. the river that divides Chu and Han; fig. a line that divides rival territories; the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard

Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it

immaculately dressed; well-groomed; dapper

Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) between Qing China and Russia

Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia

Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]

the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon