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末葉

简末叶 · 繁末葉

Mandarin · pinyin mò yè

final years
end (of a decade, era etc)

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末: mò · final, last, end; insignificant
葉: yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

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4–4 · mo4 ye4

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noun

last years (of a century or a dynasty)

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