Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, was a famous warrior in history.
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霸王 is most famously associated with 项羽, the 'Hegemon-King of Western Chu' who fought Liu Bang for control of China after the Qin dynasty. The story of his farewell to his concubine 虞姬 is one of China's most tragic love stories.
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In modern Chinese, 霸王 also appears in 霸王龙 (T-Rex, literally 'tyrant king dragon') and 霸王餐 (dining and dashing without paying).
