商纣王

shāng zhòu wáng

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1. King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant

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Child Words of 商纣王

• 王 王 wáng: king or monarch
• 王 王 wàng: to rule
• 商 商 shāng: commerce
• 纣 纣 zhòu: (bound form) Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty 商紂王|商纣王[shāng zhòu wáng] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhòu], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)