vermilion comment; imperial red-ink annotation
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
comments or annotations written in red ink; specifically, imperial comments written by Chinese emperors on memorials using vermilion ink
formalHistorically refers to the system where emperors wrote comments in red ink on official documents (奏折). In modern usage, can refer to any important comments written in red ink by superiors.
Huáng皇
dì帝
zài在
zòu奏
zhé折
shàng上
xiě写
xià下
zhū朱
pī批
。
The emperor wrote vermilion comments on the memorial.
Zhè这
fèn份
wén文
jiàn件
shàng上
yǒu有
lǐng领
dǎo导
de的
zhū朱
pī批
。
This document has the leader's red-ink comments.
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Zhū朱
pī批
shì是
Qīng清
dài代
huáng皇
dì帝
chǔ处
lǐ理
zhèng政
wù务
de的
zhòng重
yào要
fāng方
shì式
。
Vermilion comments were an important way for Qing dynasty emperors to handle government affairs.