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洪武

Mandarin · pinyin Hóng wǔ

Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 Zhū Yuán zhāng (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖 Míng Tài zǔ

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洪: hóng · vast, immense; flood, deluge
武: wǔ · military; martial, warlike

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(～帝) the Hongwu Emperor (the first emperor of the Ming dynasty)
(historical) the Hongwu era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1368 to 1398, and as briefly restored by the Yongle Emperor in 1402)

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