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| Qing [ ching ] or Ch'ing [ ching ] |
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last Chinese dynasty: the last of the Chinese dynasties, founded by the conquering Manchu who ruled from 1644 until 1912, when the nationalist revolutionaries overthrew it
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| [Late 18th century. < Chinese Qīng] |
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