2 possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them
3 usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huáng dì] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuān Xū], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Dì Kù], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Táng Yáo], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yú Shùn]
Idioms (7)
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
天高皇帝远
tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn
1 lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
2 fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
1 lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
2 fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
胡天胡帝
hú tiān hú dì
1 with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
2 reckless
3 intemperate
舜日尧天
Shùn rì Yáo tiān
1 sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
舜日尧年
Shùn rì Yáo nián
1 sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
违强陵弱
wéi qiáng líng ruò
1 to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully