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Photo credit

Photo
Jacques-Louis David - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries - Google Art Project
By
Jacques-Louis David
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
1840 circa Wihelm Kuhl kolorierte Lithographie Napoleon, Ganzfigur des Kaisers nach halbrechts, zu Pferde in typischer Haltung
By
Wilhelm Kuhl
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CC0
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Wikimedia Commons
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拿破仑

拿破崙
Nápòlún
proper noun #7,507

Meanings

  1. 1 Napoleon (French emperor)

About Napoleon

1769–1821 · 军事家 military leader

French general who rose to power after the French Revolution, crowned himself emperor in 1804 and conquered much of Europe before his defeat at Waterloo in 1815. His civil code still shapes the law of many countries.

Also called  拿破仑·波拿巴

Examples

HSK 5
Nápòlún shì Fǎguó lìshǐ shàng zuì zhòngyào de rénwù zhīyī.
Napoleon is one of the most important figures in French history.

Tips

culture
A line credited to him is a household saying in China: 不想当将军的士兵不是好士兵, 'a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier'. In bakeries 拿破仑 is also the layered mille-feuille pastry.

Stroke Order

拿 ná
破 pò
仑 lún