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成化

Mandarin · pinyin Chéng huà

Chenghua, reign title of the eighth Ming emperor (reigned 1465-1487)

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成: chéng · completed, finished, fixed
化: huà · change, convert, reform; -ize

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2–4 · Cheng2 hua4

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(～帝) the Chenghua Emperor (the ninth emperor of the Ming dynasty)
(historical) the Chenghua era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1465 to 1487)

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