堯舜禹湯

尧舜禹汤
Yáo-Shùn-Yǔ-Tāng

Emperor Yao, Emperor Shun, Yu the Great and Tang of Shang (four wise leaders in ancient China)

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Entry Composition

1 堯舜 Yáo-Shùn
  1. (Chinese mythology) Emperors Yao and Shun (legendary rulers of ancient China)
  2. (historical, personification) emperors; sages; just kings; benevolent rulers
  3. Emperors Yao and Shun (legendary rulers of ancient China)
  4. emperors; sages; just kings; benevolent rulers
=2 禹 Yǔ
  1. Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods
  2. surname Yu
=2 禹 yǔ
  1. (Chinese mythology) Yu the Great (the legendary king associated with a flood myth and the foundation of the Xia dynasty)
  2. (historical dictionaries only) insect
  3. Yu the Great (the legendary king associated with a flood myth and the foundation of the Xia dynasty)
  4. insect
=3 湯 Tāng surname Tang
=3 湯 shāng rushing current
=3 湯 tāng
  1. soup
  2. hot or boiling water
  3. decoction of medicinal herbs
  4. water in which sth has been boiled
=3 湯 tàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 燙／烫 (tàng, “to warm; to bathe or rinse in hot water”).
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蕩 /荡 (dàng, “to wander; unconstrained”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to meet with
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to touch; to come in contact with
  5. Original form of 燙／烫 (tàng, “to warm; to bathe or rinse in hot water”).
  6. alternative form of 蕩 /荡 (dàng, “to wander; unconstrained”)
  7. to meet with
  8. to touch; to come in contact with
  9. used in 湯湯／汤汤 (tàngtàng, “turbulent”)
=3 湯 yáng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 湯谷／汤谷, alternative form of 暘谷 /旸谷
  2. only used in 湯谷／汤谷, alternative form of 暘谷 /旸谷