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Usage of the character 缭

liáo
[繚]
  • to wind round
  • to sew with slanting stitches
Wèi Liáo
尉缭
[尉繚]
  • Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 ( Qín Shǐhuáng), possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子/尉缭子 ( Wèi Liáozi) text on military strategy
liáoluàn
缭乱
[繚亂]
  • dazzled
  • confused
liáorào
缭绕
[繚繞]
  • (of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward
  • (of a sound) to linger on
Wèi Liáozi
尉缭子
[尉繚子]
  • Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書/武经七书 ( Wǔjīng Qīshū), possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚/尉缭 ( Wèi Liáo) during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
liáobiānr
缭边儿
[繚邊兒]
  • to stitch a hem
yǎnhuāliáoluàn
眼花缭乱
[眼花繚亂]
  • to be dazzled