余车

余車
yúchē
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (literary) the emperor's carriage
  2. 2 imperial chariot

Examples

Gǔshū zhōng cháng yǐ "yúchē" dài zhǐ dìwáng.
In ancient texts "余车" is often used to refer to the emperor.
Yúchē suǒ zhì, wànmín fǔshǒu.
Wherever the imperial carriage went, the people bowed their heads.

Tips

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Pure classical term, almost never used in modern Chinese except in historical fiction or scholarship. Here (yú) is the archaic first-person pronoun "I" used by rulers — the carriage "of me, the sovereign."

Stroke Order

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