little emperor
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little emperor
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A calque of Chinese 小皇帝 (xiǎohuángdì).
noun little emperors
- In contemporary China, a child with no siblings who is regarded as overly protected and spoiled. (Seen as belonging to a generation which is a product of China's "one-child" policy.) Chinese psychologists recently have also written extensively about the emergence of so-called little emperors—arrogant, spoiled children who grow up without siblings.
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noun spoiled child
| 한국어 | 소황제 sohwangje |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 小皇帝 shōkōtei |
| 中文 | 小皇帝 xiǎohuángdì |
| Русский | поствосьмидеся́тник postvosʹmidesjátnik |
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@misc{little_emperor_2026,
title = {little emperor},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/little%20emperor},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
