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Character Decomposition
侯=亻+矦
Etymology
A person 亻 who might be a target 矦
Meanings
surname Hou
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位
nobleman; high official
used in (the name of a place in Fujian)
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Idioms with 侯 15 total
(lit.) the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom) · (fig.) there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people侯门似海hóu mén sì hǎisteal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi)窃钩者诛，窃国者侯qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu(lit.) kings, nobles, generals and ministers (idiom) · (fig.) people of the highest rank and status; the ruling elite王侯将相wáng hóu jiàng xiàng