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王朝

wángcháo

dynasty

A cinnabar red ancient imperial palace silhouette against deep green mountains
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Characters in this word

王 wáng

Strokes
4
Radical
王 — king, ruler
Made of
一 one 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

朝 cháo

Strokes
12
Radical
月 — moon
Made of
龺 sunlight 月 moon
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这个王朝的衰落并非始于外敌入侵,而是源于财政体系失衡。 Zhège wángcháo de shuāiluò bìngfēi shǐ yú wàidí rùqīn, ér shì yuányú cáizhèng tǐxì shīhéng. The decline of this dynasty did not begin with foreign invasion, but with an imbalance in its fiscal system.
  • 这个王朝延续了三百多年,留下了许多珍贵文物。 Zhège wángcháo yánxùle sānbǎi duō nián, liúxiàle xǔduō zhēnguì wénwù. This dynasty lasted more than three hundred years and left behind many precious cultural relics.
  • 历史书上记载了不少王朝的兴衰故事。 Lìshǐ shū shàng jìzǎile bùshǎo wángcháo de xīngshuāi gùshi. The history books record the stories of the rise and fall of many dynasties.

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