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寒食

Mandarin · pinyin hán shí

cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節)
the Qingming festival

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寒: hán · cold, wintry, chilly
食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184

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noun

(literary) cold food (usually eaten around the Qingming Festival)

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(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 寒食節／寒食节 (Hánshíjié, “Cold Food Festival”)

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