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Ten thousand years
The phrase "ten thousand years", or "wĂ nsuì", was used to bless the emperors in East Asia in ancient times. The phrase was originated in ancient China, where it was customary to pay respects to the Emperor by repeating the phase for multiple times, like " WĂş huáng wĂ nsuì, wĂ nsuì, wĂ nwĂ nsuì" (ĺľçš‡č¬ć˛ďĽŚč¬ć˛ďĽŚč¬č¬ć˛, literally "May my Emperor [live and reign for] ten thousands years, ten thousand years, ten thousand of ten thousands years").
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