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五星

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ xīng

the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星

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五: wǔ · five; surname
星: xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)

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3–1 · wu3 xing1

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noun

the five visible planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
five stars

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