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立冬

Mandarin · pinyin Lì dōng

Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣 7th-21st November

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立: lì · stand; let stand; establish, set
冬: dōng · winter, 11th lunar month

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4–1 · Li4 dong1

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laap6 dung1

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The first day of winter (one of the solar terms, around the 7th of November)

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