chou
see also: Chou
Noun

chou (plural choux)

  1. (baking) Choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.
  2. (fashion) A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's clothing.

Chou
Proper noun
  1. A common Chinese surname
  2. Dated form of Zhou#English|Zhou (“dynasty, realm and era”).
    • In the Shang and Chou periods our knowledge from archaeology of ordinary dwellings is thus far poor, but something can be said of the more pretentious edifices.
      Eventually, the ramshackle Chou government fell apart. In 771 BC the barbarian Jung tribes sacked the Chou capital at Hao, and forced the court to flee eastwards down the Yellow River to Lo-yang. Most of the king's vassals failed to support him in this crisis. This is the context for the famous story about the foolish emperor who called out his nobles with their troops for a joke, to amuse his concubine, so that when a real invasion occurred they no longer took any notice. Whatever the truth of this, the Chou ruler could no longer rely on his over-mighty subjects.



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