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太上皇
Tài shàng huáng
What 太上皇 means
- Taishang Huang
- Retired Emperor
- father of the reigning emperor
- fig. puppet master
The characters in 太上皇
- 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)
- 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
- 皇huángemperor; old variant of 惶
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