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崇禎

简崇祯 · 繁崇禎

Mandarin · pinyin Chóng zhēn

Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)

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崇: chóng · esteem, honor, revere, venerate
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祯: zhēn · lucky, auspicious, good omen

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2–1 · Chong2 zhen1

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(～帝) the Chongzhen Emperor (the seventeenth and final emperor of the Ming dynasty)
(historical) the Chongzhen era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1628 to 1644)

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