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萬曆

简万历 · 繁萬曆

Mandarin · pinyin Wàn lì

reign name of Ming emperor (1573-1619)

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万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
历: lì · history; calendar

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4–4 · Wan4 li4

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(～帝) the Wanli Emperor (the fourteenth emperor of the Ming dynasty)
(historical) the Wanli era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1573 to 1620)

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