藩
Meaning
fān fan1
- fence; hedge
- (literary) screen; barrier
- vassal state
- Taiwan pr. [fán]
Example sentences
- Welcome to San Francisco.
Words with 藩
- 藩国 fānguó feudatory
- 藩镇 fānzhèn lit. fence town
- 藩属 fānshǔ vassal state
- 藩库 fānkù government repository
- 藩篱 fānlí hedge
- 三藩之乱 sānfānzhīluàn Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi
- 废藩置县 fèifānzhìxiàn to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan)
- 羊触藩篱 yángchùfānlí lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat
- 羝羊触藩 dīyángchùfān lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat
- 三藩市 Sānfānshì San Francisco (California)
- 李振藩 LǐZhènfān Li Zhenfan (1940-1973), real name of the actor Bruce Lee 李小龙 (Lǐ Xiǎo lóng)
- 曾国藩 ZēngGuófān Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man