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五帝

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ dì

the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝 Huáng dì, Zhuanxu 顓頊 Zhuān xū, Di Ku 帝嚳 Dì Kù, Tang Yao 唐堯 Táng Yáo and Yu Shun 虞舜 Yú Shùn

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五: wǔ · five; surname
帝: dì · supreme ruler, emperor; god

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3–4 · wu3 di4

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(Chinese mythology) the Five Emperors

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