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monarch / sovereign
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monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler
monarchy
sovereign king
(honorific) husband
nobleman / person of noble character
HSK 7-9
upright gentleman / man of honor
monarchy / sovereign state
hypocrite
Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝, one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
a ruler and his ministers (old)
being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
refined gentleman
lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
enlightened sovereign
my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp
constitutional monarchy
opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker
Constantinople, capital of Byzantium
Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress
friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
tyrant / despot
to dupe one's sovereign
Grand Hyatt (hotel brand)
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
people of good will (idiom); charitable person
(idiom) to be faithful to the ruler and love one's country
the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology)
my late father / my ancestors / the late emperor
listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
ideal husband; Mr. Right
(honorific) your father
monarch
a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist
the monarch and his ministers / tribal chief
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
sage
lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom) / fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
heir apparent to a throne
monarchy / autocracy
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
virtuous gentleman (idiom)
hereditary monarchy
Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC
lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
Ma Fujun, famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国
royal title
Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Yijun County in Tongchuan 銅川|铜川, Shaanxi
incapable ruler
Junshan, a district of Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市, Hunan
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
recluse / hermit / used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict
absolute monarchy / autocracy
monarchical power
Gentlemen! (start of a speech) / Ladies and Gentlemen!
the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)
a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
homosexual (positive term)
the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐
monarchy
regicide / to commit regicide
Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
scarlet kafir lily / Clivia miniata (botany)
Yijun County in Tongchuan 銅川|铜川, Shaanxi
spirit of the planet Mars
to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on


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