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- short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province
- one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
Trad. 蜀國
- Sichuan
- the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods
- the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 during the Three Kingdoms
Trad. 蜀漢
- Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han
Trad. 蜀繡
- Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 湘繡|湘绣[Xiang1 xiu4] and 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4])
Trad. 蜀山區
- Shushan, a district of Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui
Trad. 樂不思蜀
- indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)
Trad. 得隴望蜀
- lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized
- fig. endless greed
- insatiable desire
- lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things
- alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day
Trad. 秦嶺蜀棧道
- the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan
