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大名

Mandarin · pinyin dà míng#

famous name
your distinguished name
one's formal personal name
(Japanese history) daimyo

Mandarin · pinyin Dà míng#

see 大名縣 Dà míng Xiàn

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
名: míng · name, rank, title, position

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4–2 · da4 ming2

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noun

formal name of a person (as opposed to a nickname)
(honorific) your esteemed given name
(literary) (your) great fame; reputation
(historical) daimyo (a lord during the Japanese feudal period)

name

(～縣) Daming (a county of Handan, Hebei, China)

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