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萬戶侯

简万户侯 · 繁萬戶侯

Mandarin · pinyin wàn hù hóu

Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households)
high nobles

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侯: hóu · marquis, lord; target in archery
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
户: hù · door; family

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4–4–2 · wan4 hu4 hou2

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noun

(archaic) a marquis who receives tribute from ten thousand households (in the Han Dynasty)

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