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乾隆

Mandarin · pinyin Qián lóng

the Qianlong era
Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王 Bǎo Qīn wáng, personal name 弘曆 Hóng lì, reigned 1735–1799

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
隆: lóng · prosperous, plentiful, abundant

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(～帝) the Qianlong Emperor (the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty)
(historical) the Qianlong era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1736 to 1795)

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