Yung Lo

American  

[yoong law] / ˈyʊŋ ˈlɔ /

(Pinyin) Yong Lo

noun

1. Chu Ti, 1360–1424, Chinese emperor 1403–25.

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Yung-lo British  

/ ˈjʊŋˈləʊ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Yong Lo

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Example Sentences

Ming Emperor Yung Lo followed his astrologer's plan to make the city a geomantic portrait of No Cha, a three-headed monster with six arms.

From Time Magazine Archive

The third emperor of the Ming dynasty, known Yuan Lo Ta Tien. as Yung Lo, A.D. 1403-1425, issued a commission for the production of a work on a scale which was colossal even for China.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

It was in the reign of Yung Lo, the third monarch of the Ming dynasty, that Peking first became the capital of China.

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

The country was first called Sien Lo in the first year of Yung Lo, 1403.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

After this ambitious youth had dispossessed his nephew, who was the rightful heir to the throne, he took the title of Yung Lo, which became a famous name in Chinese history.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.