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Etymology
Pictograph of firewood bundled together for a sacrifice. Based on the original meaning "firewood used as sacrifice", now written as 禘. Later the meaning changed to "emperor".
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The character 帝 is composed of 亠, 丷, 冖, and 巾. Its earliest form depicted a bundle of wood prepared for sacrificial burning to heaven. The original meaning was the supreme deity, the highest god in the spiritual hierarchy. As political power centralized, human rulers adopted this title to claim heaven-mandated authority, shifting the primary sense from a celestial being to a mortal sovereign or imperial emperor.
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皇帝穿着龙袍。
这个帝国曾经非常强大。
许多古代帝王都葬在这里。
上帝在基督教中是唯一的真神。
他是这个商业帝国的缔造者。
罗马帝国的衰落原因非常复杂。
这位导演被影迷们尊称为喜剧皇帝。
在神话传说中，天帝掌管着天地万物。