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surname Wei; name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han; the Wei dynasty 221-265; Wei prefecture and Wei county at

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tower over a palace gateway (old)

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radical
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阿魏 阿魏 a1 wei4
Ferula resin (used in TCM); Resina Ferulae

阿育魏实 阿育魏實 a1 yu4 wei4 shi2
seed of ajwain; Semen Trachyspermi coptici

北魏 北魏 bei3 wei4
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑

曹魏 曹魏 cao2 wei4
Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265

东魏 東魏 dong1 wei4
Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏

汉末魏初 漢末魏初 han4 mo4 wei4 chu1
late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)

后魏 後魏 hou4 wei4
Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534

拓跋魏 拓跋魏 tuo4 ba2 wei4
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)

围魏救赵 圍魏救趙 wei2 wei4 jiu4 zhao4
lit. to besiege 魏 and rescue 趙|赵 (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers

魏伯阳 魏伯陽 wei4 bo2 yang2
Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist

魏德迈 魏德邁 wei4 de2 mai4
Wedemeyer (name); Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander

魏都 魏都 wei4 du1
Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市, Henan

魏都区 魏都區 wei4 du1 qu1
Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市, Henan

魏格纳 魏格納 wei4 ge2 na4
Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift

魏国 魏國 wei4 guo2
Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms

魏晋 魏晉 wei4 jin4
Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties

魏晋南北朝 魏晉南北朝 wei4 jin4 nan2 bei3 chao2
Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui

魏京生 魏京生 wei4 jing1 sheng1
Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997

魏玛 魏瑪 wei4 ma3
Weimar

魏收 魏收 wei4 shou1
Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐, compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書|魏书

魏书 魏書 wei4 shu1
History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Wei Shou 魏收 in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐, 114 scrolls

魏巍 魏巍 wei4 wei1
Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 about the Korean war

魏文帝 魏文帝 wei4 wen2 di4
Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226

魏县 魏縣 wei4 xian4
Wei county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸, Hebei

魏源 魏源 wei4 yuan2
Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar

魏征 魏徵 wei4 zheng1
Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书

魏忠贤 魏忠賢 wei4 zhong1 xian2
Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming

西魏 西魏 xi1 wei4
Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏