Yung Lo

[ yoong law ]

noun

1. Chu Ti, 1360–1424, Chinese emperor 1403–25.

Yung-lo

/ ˈjʊŋˈləʊ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Yong Lo

Example Sentences

Ming Emperor Yung Lo followed his astrologer's plan to make the city a geomantic portrait of No Cha, a three-headed monster with six arms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yung Lo scooped out portions of the Imperial City to make the Pool of Great Fertilizing Spume, used the excavated earth to build Coal Hill as a protection for the palace against zephyrs from evil spirits of the North.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in the end Twigger's numerous digressions are worth the trip--like his set piece on the 11,000-volume Yung Lo Ta Tien encyclopedia, which contained the totality of Chinese culture before it was burned in the 1900 Boxer Rebellion.

From Time Magazine Archive

After this ambitious youth had dispossessed his nephew, who was the rightful heir to the throne, he took the title of Yung Lo, which became a famous name in Chinese history.

From Project Gutenberg

Emigration made necessary in Yung Lo’s time, 20.

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