召
verb C2- to call together
- to summon
- to convene
- temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
Other readings
- Shàoname of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
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」赵王以为老，遂不召。
赵王怒，召之，使他人代将。
」王授璧，相如因持璧却立，倚柱，怒发上冲冠，谓秦王曰：「大王欲得璧，使人发书至赵王，赵王悉召群臣议，皆曰『秦贪，负其强，以空言求璧，偿城恐不可得』。
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