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emperor
empire
imperial capital
heavenly emperor
empress
imperial throne
the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
regent
to declare oneself emperor
to be anti-imperialist
autocratic monarchy
the Jade Emperor
Notice where 帝 sits in each complete thought.
The Emperor's Birthday fell on Sunday.
Source: Tatoeba #916598 · CC BY 2.0 FRMeet me at the lobby of the Imperial Hotel at 6:30 p.m.
Source: Tatoeba #342845 · CC BY 2.0 FRAlexander the Great died in Babylon.
Source: Tatoeba #9740285 · CC BY 2.0 FRThey built their empire in Peru about five hundred years ago.
Source: Tatoeba #771258 · CC BY 2.0 FRGod died. We killed Him.
Source: Tatoeba #1185710 · CC BY 2.0 FRI will send you to Jesus.
Source: Tatoeba #11216083 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.