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北平

Běi píng

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Běi píng
  1. 1.Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)

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  1. 1.(historical) Beiping, Peiping (an ancient commandery in present-day Baoding, Hebei, China)
  2. 2.Beiping/Peiping (the name of Beijing during the early Ming dynasty, between its conquest by the Hongwu emperor and its renaming by the Yongle emperor)
  3. 3.(historical or dated Taiwan officialese) Beiping/Peiping (the name of Beijing during the early 20th century when the Republic of China removed its capital to Nanking)

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Etymology

From 北 (běi, “north”) + 平 (píng, “peace, pacification”), used in the sense of pacified or conquered territory.

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