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燕太子丹

Mandarin · pinyin Yān Tài zǐ Dān

Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 Qín Yíng Zhèng (later the First Emperor 秦始皇 Qín Shǐ huáng) by Jing Ke 荊軻 Jīng Kē in 227 BC

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燕: yàn · swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy
太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)

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1–4–3–1 · Yan1 Tai4 zi3 Dan1

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jin1 taai3 zi2 daan1

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