黄袍加身
Traditional form:
黃袍加身
Pinyin (reading):
huángpáojiāshēn
Definitions:
- lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom)
- fig. to be made emperor
- to take the crown
Characters:
- 黄 - yellow; surname
- 袍 - robe, gown, cloak
- 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
- 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
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