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洪熙

Mandarin · pinyin Hóng Xī

Hongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾 Zhū Gāo chì (1378-1425), reigned (1424-1425), temple name 明仁宗 Míng Rén zōng

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洪: hóng · vast, immense; flood, deluge
熙: xī · bright, splendid, glorious

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2–1 · Hong2 Xi1

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(～帝) the Hongxi Emperor (the fourth emperor of the Ming dynasty)
(historical) the Hongxi era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, in 1425)

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