Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China

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Pīnyīn
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King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant

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  *纣* | 纣* | *纣
Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王 (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣, the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)
lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王 in his oppression (idiom) / fig. to take the side of the evildoer / giving succor to the enemy
form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王 in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire
King Wu of Zhou 周武王 overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王

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