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唐太宗

Mandarin · pinyin Táng Tài zōng

Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民 Lǐ Shì mín (599-649), reigned 626-649

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唐: táng · Tang dynasty; Chinese
太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
宗: zōng · lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan

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2–4–1 · Tang2 Tai4 zong1

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