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袁世凱 word · named-entity
袁世凱 ＝ 袁 ＋ 世 ＋ 凱
ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄎㄞˇ · yuánshìkǎi
proper noun — Yuan Shikai (1859–1916), the general who became the first president of the Republic of China and then tried to crown himself emperor

字源 FORM — what the parts do

袁surname (a family name)yuána name-element, chosen by family, not for meaning
世generation; age (世代)shì
凱triumph; a victory song (凱旋)kǎi
袁世凱，姓袁的袁，世界的世，凱旋的凱。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

他坐上民國第一任總統，卻又想當皇帝（凱）——八十三天的鬧劇，留下罵名。
He took the Republic's first presidency, then reached for the throne (凱) — an eighty-three-day farce that fixed his name in infamy.
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