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  *王* | 王* | *王
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
HSK 4
prince / son of a king
HSK 6
queen / CL: 個|个,
HSK 6
king
HSK 6
kingdom / realm
HSK 7-9
(card games) trump card / (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon
HSK 7-9
emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全
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surname Wang
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(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher
King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology
sage kings
King Min of Qi (reigned 323-284 BC)
king / magnate / person having expert skill in something
robber baron (in opera, old stories) / magnate
the way of former kings
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝, ruled 273-232 BC
King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王 the first Zhou dynasty king
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市, Hebei
emperor penguin
bastard; son of a bitch
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰
King You of Zhou (795-771 BC), last king of Western Zhou 西周
Achaemenid Dynasty, (559–330 BC), ancient Iranian dynasty whose kings ruled the Achaemenid Empire
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong
Sakyamuni
devil king / evil person
the Zhou dynasty from 1027 BC
Gyuumao
crown
Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805
queen
eating champion
another name for 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
(literary) paternal grandmother
princess (in Europe)
Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site
dynasty
Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)
regent / monarch
boxing champion
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
Grand Prince (Qing title)
the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
stage name of Cyndi Wang / see 王君如
royal family / royal household
throne
to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king
hegemon / overlord / despot
crown prince
queen bee
Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
Uranus (planet)
the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) / the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
prince
Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star / transliterated as 埃爾維斯·普雷斯利|埃尔维斯·普雷斯利
Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901)
King Wu of Zhou 周武王 overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王
Tyrannosaurus rex
a Prince Charming; the man of one's dreams
King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC
regent
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
royal jelly
King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC)
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei
Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)
The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳) / Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)
King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299 BC) / later King Huai of Chu (reigned 208-205 BC)
Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology
Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)
Wang Shifu (fl. 1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記|西厢记
United Kingdom
Prince Edward Island (province of Canada)
title of king / kingship
King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周, son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王
beneficial influence of the sovereign
Herod the Great (73 BC - 4 BC), Roman-appointed king of Judea (37-4 BC)
aristocracy
King Arthur
royalty / royal power
Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player
children of the nobility
(coll.) to meet one's maker; to kick the bucket; to die
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
Wang Yucheng (954-1001) Song dynasty literary figure
Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts
United Kingdom
the pagoda bearing god
a rattle stick used in folk dancing / rattle stick dance
realm of necessity (philosophy)

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