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Cần Vương
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Vietnamese
+ movement
Etymology
勤王 to devote to the king, from vi lzh 勤王, a word dated back to pre-Qin-Shi-Huang times, hence "king" rather than "emperor". Compare ja 勤皇 kinnō devotion to the emperor and ja 勤王 kinnō devotion to the king.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Cần Vương
vi historical of the movement of Emperor Hàm Nghi's loyalists against the French
vi chiếu/phong trào Cần Vương the Cần Vương decree/movement