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永昌

Mandarin · pinyin Yǒng chāng

see 永昌縣 Yǒng chāng Xiàn

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永: yǒng · long, perpetual, eternal, forever
昌: chāng · light of sun; good, proper

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adj

(literary) long and prosperous (life)

name

(～縣) Yongchang (a county of Jinchang, Gansu, China)
(historical) the Yongchang era (a Chinese era name): — The third era of Emperor Yuan of Jin, from 322 to 323.
(historical) the Yongchang era (a Chinese era name): — The fourth era of Emperor Ruizong of Tang, in 689.
(historical) the Yongchang era (a Chinese era name): — The era of Li Zicheng as emperor of Shun, from 1644 to 1645.

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