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monarch / sovereign
Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为 and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
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monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler
monarchy
hypocrite
sovereign king
(honorific) husband
nobleman / person of noble character
HSK 7-9
upright gentleman / man of honor
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist
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
monarchical power
the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施, Wang Zhaojun 王昭君, Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉 and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环
a ruler and his ministers (old)
Gentlemen! (start of a speech) / Ladies and Gentlemen!
constitutional monarchy
being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol
refined gentleman
(idiom) to be faithful to the ruler and love one's country
my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp
enlightened sovereign
stage name of Cyndi Wang / see 王君如
Constantinople, capital of Byzantium
monarch
Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress
the monarch and his ministers / tribal chief
friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
scarlet kafir lily / Clivia miniata (botany)
Junshan, a district of Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市, Hunan
absolute monarchy / autocracy
tyrant / despot
to dupe one's sovereign
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
heir apparent to a throne
hereditary monarchy
good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
monarchy / autocracy
people of good will (idiom); charitable person
my late father / my ancestors / the late emperor
ideal husband; Mr. Right
(honorific) your father
Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Grand Hyatt (hotel brand)
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
virtuous gentleman (idiom)
Ma Fujun, famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国
lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom) / fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology)
lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
royal title
Yijun County in Tongchuan 銅川|铜川, Shaanxi
incapable ruler
sage
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
monarchy / sovereign state
regicide / to commit regicide
Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC
Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology
opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker
a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
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
Yijun County in Tongchuan 銅川|铜川, Shaanxi
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
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
recluse / hermit / used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict
the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)
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
listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
spirit of the planet Mars
to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 / Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News
Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
homosexual (positive term)
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell


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