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宣統

简宣统 · 繁宣統

Mandarin · pinyin Xuān tǒng

reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀

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宣: xuān · declare, announce, proclaim
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统: tǒng · govern, command, control; unite

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1–3 · Xuan1 tong3

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(～帝) the Xuantong Emperor, also known as Puyi (the eleventh and final emperor of the Qing dynasty and the last emperor of China)
(historical) the Xuantong era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1909 to 1911, and then as very briefly restored by the Manchu Restoration in 1917)

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