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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *后* | 后* | *后
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尺* | 尺* | *尺
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL: ,
HSK 4
ruler (measuring instrument) / CL:
HSK 4
a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *君* | 君* | *君
monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *玺* | 玺* | *玺
ruler's seal
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *俞* | 俞* | *俞
yes (used by Emperor or ruler) / OK / to accede / to assent
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *稷* | 稷* | *稷
millet / God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers / minister of agriculture
to assist (usually a ruler)
for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler
a ruler and his ministers (old)
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire
noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
incapable ruler
special favor from a ruler / Emperor's generosity towards a favorite
dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
(of a ruler) to strive to make one's nation strong and prosperous (idiom)
enlightened sage / brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
meetings conducted by rulers in feudal China for the purpose of formalizing alliances, finalizing treaties
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *妺* | 妺* | *妺
wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty
to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc) / to submit
to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
to assist a ruler in governing a country / prime minister
(idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)
ungraduated ruler / straightedge
folding ruler
sole ruler / dictator
to have attained the Way / (of a government or a ruler) enlightened / wise and just
sage ruler
feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor / general term for saint in former times / term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国 / Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity)
A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光 Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls
to become an unlawful ruler
(hist.) title of the Tibetan Tufan ruler
seal (esp. of ruler)
former ruler; founding ruler
Wu Ding (c. 14th century BC), legendary founder and wise ruler of Shang dynasty
King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant
Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet
three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence , righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom and fidelity )
Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding
Emperor Xin, last ruler of Shang (11th Century BC), famous as a tyrant
ruler / those in power / the authorities
feudal ruler
ruler
TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi (1536-1598), Japanese warlord, undisputed ruler of Japan 1590-1598
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
ruler
Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
to love one's country as one's own family (praise for a virtuous ruler)
ruler and compass (in geometric constructions)
(idiom) to be faithful to the ruler and love one's country
One has the right to choose the ruler one serves. (ancient proverb)
ruler (used for drawing lines)
(of states within the nation) to support the ruler in governing the country
ruler
ruler and compass construction (geometry)
Zaheeruddin Babur (1483-1530), first ruler of Mughal dynasty of India
Pisistratus (-528 BC), tyrant (ruler) of Athens at different times between 561 BC and 528 BC
ungraduated ruler / straight edge
Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet / given name Li Yu 李煜
Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
jade garden of celestial ruler / paradise
accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art) / picture created using this technique
power holder / current political ruler
straight ruler
(old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about / novel in the vernacular / fiction writer; novelist
meter stick; metric ruler one meter in length
(literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler)
(of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution)
to formally present oneself before a superior (e.g. a ruler, high-ranking official or esteemed figure) for an official meeting; to have an audience with
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鉨* | 鉨* | *鉨
variant of 璽|玺 ruler's seal
erroneous variant of 阿閦佛, Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati


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