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端午節

简端午节 · 繁端午節

Mandarin · pinyin Duān wǔ jié

Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)

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端: duān · end, extreme; head; beginning
午: wǔ · seventh earthly branch
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节: jié · knot, node, joint; section

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1–3–2 · Duan1 wu3 jie2

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dyun1 ng5 zit3

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Dragon Boat Festival, a Chinese holiday on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of the traditional Chinese calendar

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