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Mandarin · pinyin Dǒng Zhuó

Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布

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董: dǒng · direct, supervise; surname
卓: zhuó · profound, brilliant, lofty

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3–2 · Dong3 Zhuo2

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