to surpass (old)

Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC; also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子[Ma3 Fu2 zi3]

Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329)

Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)

Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women; women dancers and singers

Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States

Zhao County or Zhaoxian, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei

Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)

Song dynasty (960-1279); used to distinguish it from 劉宋|刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479)

knight of the Zhao State; generic term for a knight-errant

Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]

Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋

Zhao Gou (1107-1187), personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 宋高宗[Song4 Gao1 zong1] (reigned 1127-1162)

Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家

Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star

Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty

Zhao Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist

Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism

Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)

courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云[Zhao4 Yun2], general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

(neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC)

Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿

Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge

Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist

Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian

Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist

Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism

Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then

lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers

lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner

(idiom) any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone

Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism

King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period

Yanzhao Metropolis Daily

(four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry