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七曜

Mandarin · pinyin qī yào

the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)

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七: qī · seven
曜: yào · glorious, as sun; daylight, sunlight; one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)

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1–4 · qi1 yao4

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cat1 jiu6

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noun

the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)
(literary) Alternative name for 北斗七星 (Běidǒu Qīxīng, “Big Dipper”).
(archaic) the seven days of the week

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