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齊天大聖

简齐天大圣 · 繁齊天大聖

Mandarin · pinyin Qí tiān Dà shèng

Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空 Sūn Wù kōng in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記 Xī yóu Jì

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齊: qí · even, uniform, of equal length; Kangxi radical 210
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
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齐: qí · even, uniform, of equal length
圣: shèng · holy, sacred

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2–1–4–4 · Qi2 tian1 Da4 sheng4

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An epithet for Sun Wukong, the main character in the classic novel Journey to the West.

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