lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom); fig. to be made emperor; to take the crown
trad. 黃袍加身
Also written 黃袍加身【huáng páo jiā shēn】
Characters in this word
4黄
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surname Huang or Hwang
- Pinyin
- Huáng
- Traditional
- 黃
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4900 of 2500
袍
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gown (lined)
- Pinyin
- páo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 39285 of 2500
加
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Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]), surname Jia
- Pinyin
- Jiā
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1517 of 2500
身
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body, life, oneself, personally, one's morality and conduct, the main part of a structure or body, pregnant, classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset, Kangxi radical 158
- Pinyin
- shēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3095 of 2500