wǔ​dì

Five Emperors

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    五帝

    wǔ​dì

    Five Emperors

    The five legendary emperors of ancient Chinese history, most commonly listed as [[黄帝|黃帝|huang2 di4]], [[颛顼|顓頊|zhuan1 xu1]], [[帝喾|帝嚳|di4 ku4]], [[唐尧|唐堯|tang2 yao2]], and [[虞舜|虞舜|yu2 shun4]].

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  • created sense approved 五帝 · wǔ​dì · Five Sky Emperors — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    五帝

    wǔ​dì

    Five Sky Emperors

    The five celestial gods of the cardinal directions in ancient mythology, typically identified as the Azure Emperor (East), Red Emperor (South), Yellow Emperor (Center), White Emperor (West), and Black Emperor (North)

    五 (literal) → 五 · wǔ · five 帝 (literal) → 帝 · dì · emperor

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