累聖

Chinese

		accumulate; implicate; tired accumulate; implicate; tired; cumbersome	holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage
trad. (累聖)		累	聖
simp. (累圣)		累	圣
Literally: “the numerous sages”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěishèng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ ㄕㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lěishèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ ㄕㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lěishèng
  - Wade–Giles: lei³-shêng⁴
  - Yale: lěi-shèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeishenq
  - Palladius: лэйшэн (lɛjšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

Noun

累聖

(archaic, literary) previous emperors (of a dynasty)
- 709 - 785, Yan Zhenqing, 請復七聖諡號狀 [Petition to restore the posthumous names of the 7 emperors]‎^[1]:
  
  遂廣累聖之諡，有加至十一字者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  遂广累圣之谥，有加至十一字者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Suì guǎng lěishèng zhī shì, yǒu jiā zhì shíyī zì zhě. [Pinyin]
  Then they lengthened the posthumous names of the previous emperors; some were as long as eleven characters.