one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb); to a fearless person, no fence is high enough
神圣罗马帝国神聖羅馬帝國shen2 sheng4 luo2 ma3 di4 guo2
the Holy Roman Empire (history)
舜帝陵舜帝陵shun4 di4 ling2
several tombs of legendary Emperor Shun, one in Ningyuan county 寧遠縣|宁远县 in southwest Hunan, another Yuncheng prefecture 運城|运城 Shanxi
顺治帝順治帝shun4 zhi4 di4
Fulin Emperor Shunzhi (1638-1662), second Qing emperor, reigned 1644-1662
宋武帝宋武帝song4 wu3 di4
Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕|刘裕, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422
宋武帝刘裕宋武帝劉裕song4 wu3 di4 liu2 yu4
Liu Yu, founder of Southern dynasty Song 劉宋|刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420
隋文帝隋文帝sui2 wen2 di4
first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
隋文帝杨坚隋文帝楊堅sui2 wen2 di4 yang2 jian1
first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
隋炀帝隋煬帝sui2 yang2 di4
Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618
唐哀帝唐哀帝tang2 ai1 di4
Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝 (892-908), reigned 904-907
唐殇帝唐殤帝tang2 shang1 di4
Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂 (c. 695-715), reigned 710
天帝天帝tian1 di4
God of heaven; Celestial emperor
土皇帝土皇帝tu3 huang2 di4
local tyrant
魏文帝魏文帝wei4 wen2 di4
Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
五帝五帝wu3 di4
Five Emperors from legendary times; possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them; usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧, Yu Shun 虞舜
先帝遗诏先帝遺詔xian1 di4 yi2 zhao4
posthumous edict of former emperor; Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 edict to posterity
小皇帝小皇帝xiao3 huang2 di4
child emperor; (fig.) spoiled child; spoiled boy; pampered only child
亚历山大大帝亞歷山大大帝ya4 li4 shan1 da4 da4 di4
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
炎帝炎帝yan2 di4
Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God
炎帝陵炎帝陵yan2 di4 ling2
Fiery Emperor's tomb in Yanling county, Zhuzhou 株洲, Hunan