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真龍天子

简真龙天子 · 繁真龍天子

Mandarin · pinyin Zhēn lóng Tiān zǐ

(idiom) (honorific) True Dragon, Son of Heaven; the rightful emperor

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真: zhēn · real, actual, true, genuine
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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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1–2–1–3 · Zhen1 long2 Tian1 zi3

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(historical, often honorific) An epithet for the emperor: The True Dragon, Son of Heaven

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