1) made themselves king
称王
1.
They made themselves kings of these states, and appointed as many officials as these ststes needed.
唐德宗即位后，试图消除藩镇割据的弊病，触及了四镇的割据利益，于是四镇先后发动叛乱，并于建中三年十一月建国称王，署置百官。
2) To declare oneself king or emperor
称王称帝
3) kings except in name
不称"王"的王
4) royal appellatives in inscriptions on bronze
金文王称
5) titles of rulers not in power
在野王称
6) independent and to be a king
独立称王
1.
In 1900, faced with an armed threat from the eight countries’ union army, the Chinese political situation was in riot and ever-changeable, Zhang Zhidong openly endorsed the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, but secretly had the intention of being independent and to be a king.
张之洞一面公开表示拥护“两宫”,而内心深处却存有独立称王之念。
补充资料：称帝称王
1.见"称王称霸"。
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