Jia Qinglin (1940-), Chinese politician and high-ranking member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee from 2002 to 2012

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian politician and president from 2005 to 2013.

(literary) merchant; trader. Traditionally, those who traveled were called [[商|商|shang1]] and those who stayed in shops were called [[贾|賈|gu3]].

Main male character of the classic novel [[红楼梦|紅樓夢|hong2 lou2 meng4]], known for his rebellious nature, preference for women over men, and his tragic love for [[林黛玉|林黛玉|lin2 dai4 yu4]].

Jia Pingwa (1952-), a famous contemporary Chinese novelist from Shaanxi province; although the last character is usually read "āo", the author himself and most readers pronounce it "wā" in this name

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934–2017), former president of Iran

Gyanendra of Nepal (former king of Nepal)

Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria

Jia Yi (200-168 BC), a famous poet and statesman of the Western Han dynasty known for his political essays and rhapsodies; often called [[贾生|賈生|jia3 sheng1]], [[贾太傅|賈太傅|jia3 tai4 fu4]], or [[贾长沙|賈長沙|jia3 chang2 sha1]]

a wealthy merchant or businessman with vast capital

The capital city of the Umbria region in central Italy.

N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad

Rajasthan, a state in northwestern India

a wealthy merchant or businessman of great influence; tycoon; plutocrat

(30–101) Scholar and official of the Eastern Han dynasty known for his expertise in the [[左传|左傳|zuo3 zhuan4]] and the [[国语|國語|guo2 yu3]]; also an astronomer who improved calculations for the movement of the sun and moon.

empress of Emperor Hui of the Western Jin Dynasty (257-300), known for her political influence and role in the War of the Eight Princes

honorific name for the Western Han statesman and poet Jia Yi, especially used in poetic or literary contexts

to summon up one's courage; to have courage to spare; extra courage (to be put to use)

Jiawang District of Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician and president of Iran from 2005 to 2013

Steve Jobs (1955-2011), American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.

Tang dynasty official and scholar from Yongnian in Mingzhou (modern-day Hebei); known for his commentaries on the "Three Rites" including the "Zhouli Yishu" and "Yili Yishu"

to still have fight left in one; to be full of vitality and ready for further effort even after a struggle or success

To earn or obtain a profit.

(literary) describes how having plenty of capital makes it easy to trade, or more generally, how having the necessary means or facilities makes it easy to succeed in any task

(idiom) having a lot of capital makes it easy to do business; figuratively refers to things being easy to accomplish when one has the necessary resources or favorable conditions

honorific name for the Western Han statesman and poet Jia Yi, based on his position as Grand Tutor of Changsha

The capital city of Saskatchewan province, Canada

to wait for a good price before selling; metaphorically refers to a person of talent waiting for the right opportunity to use their skills or enter public service

Steve Jobs (1955-2011), American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.

(literary) a merchant who stays in one place to do business; a shopkeeper. This term is often contrasted with traveling merchants and is also known as [[坐商|坐商|zuo4 shang1]].

(literary) a wealthy merchant with a big belly; often used sarcastically to describe a rich person who is greedy or uncultured

a wealthy merchant; a tycoon or business magnate

to invite disaster or bring trouble upon oneself by speaking the truth or being too blunt

literary; a merchant who travels from place to place to do business; a traveling businessman

(literary) businessman; merchant; trader

Jia Sidao (1213–1275), a high-ranking official and chancellor during the late Southern Song dynasty who rose to power through his sister's influence as a concubine; known for his corruption and for failing to prevent the Mongol invasion, he was eventually assassinated while in exile.

(literary) a merchant or middleman, especially one who is motivated only by profit

official of the state of Cao Wei and later the Jin Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period and early Jin (217-282), son of Jia Kui

(256–300 AD) The empress of Emperor Hui of the Western Jin Dynasty, also known as [[贾南风|賈南風|jia3 nan2 feng1]]; she is historically noted for her jealousy and political manipulation, and her power struggle is considered one of the triggers for the War of the Eight Princes

honorific name for the Han dynasty poet and statesman Jia Yi, referring to his post as Grand Tutor to the King of Liang

traveling merchant or businessman in olden times

to bring misfortune upon oneself or to invite trouble through one's own actions

Tang Dynasty poet (779–843) known for his meticulous and laborious approach to writing poetry; he was a contemporary of [[韩愈|韓愈|han2 yu4]] and is often associated with [[孟郊|孟郊|meng4 jiao1]] for their sparse and lean poetic style.

Jia Sixie (sixth century AD), a famous agronomist of the Northern Wei Dynasty; he is the author of the [[齐民要术|齊民要術|qi2 min2 yao4 shu4]], China's earliest and most complete surviving agricultural encyclopedia.

To bring about hatred or cause people to feel resentful toward oneself

Jiawang district of Xuzhou city in Jiangsu province

(literary) to bring disaster upon oneself; to invite trouble

(literary) an insulting or derogatory way to refer to a merchant or trader