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Wèi

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 different historical periods

wèi

tower over a palace gateway (old)

HànmòWèichū

late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)

āwèi

Ferula resin (used in TCM) / Resina Ferulae

āyùwèishí

seed of ajwain / Semen Trachyspermi coptici

DōngWèi

Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties [[北魏]]

WèiJīngshēng

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

WèiBóyáng

Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist

Wèiguó

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

wéiWèijiùZhào

lit. to besiege [[魏<Wèi>]] and rescue [[趙|赵<Zhào>]] (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers