Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city, Zhejiang

characterized by a lack of business activity or in an economic depression

desolate, chilly, or cheerless in appearance or atmosphere

desolate, dreary, or lonely in appearance or atmosphere

Xiao He (died 193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor who fought on Liu Bang's side during the Chu-Han Contention

Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city, Zhejiang

Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012

Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator

Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent Chinese woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang

Xiao County or Xiaoxian, a county in Suzhou City, Anhui Province

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer (Taiwan usage)

To strictly adhere to the policies, rules, or established patterns of a predecessor.

(literary) a screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture

Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), modern historian of the Qing dynasty

Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)

Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties [[南齐书|南齊書|Nan2 Qi2 shu1]]

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer

utterly destitute; four bare walls

desolate, cold, and withered in appearance, typically describing a landscape or environment

economic depression

A situation where both success and failure are attributable to the same person or factor, alluding to Han Xin's career being both made and ended by Xiao He.

the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)