created sense approved 天朝 · tiāncháo · Celestial Empire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
天朝
tiāncháo
Celestial Empire
(historical) A respectful name for the imperial court; a title used by China's dynasties when dealing with foreign countries.
天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · emperor 朝 (literal) → 朝 · cháo · dynasty
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created sense approved 天朝 · tiāncháo · Taiping Heavenly Kingdom — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
天朝
tiāncháo
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
(historical) The name used by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864) to refer to itself.
天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · emperor 朝 (literal) → 朝 · cháo · dynasty
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 天朝 · tiāncháo · the Celestial Kingdom — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
天朝
tiāncháo
the Celestial Kingdom
(slang, ironic) mainland China; contemporary China as referred to by internet users
天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · emperor 朝 (literal) → 朝 · cháo · dynasty
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition