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英宗

Mandarin · pinyin Yīng zōng

Yingzong, temple name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統 Zhèng tǒng

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英: yīng · petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English
宗: zōng · lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan

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1–1 · Ying1 zong1

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