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天成

Mandarin · pinyin tiān chéng

as if made by heaven

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
成: chéng · completed, finished, fixed

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1–2 · tian1 cheng2

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verb

to be endowed or created by nature; to form naturally (with no artificiality)

name

era name of Emperor Min of Liang (555)
era name of An Qingxu (757–759)
one of the era names of Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang (926–930)

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