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節日

简节日 · 繁節日

Mandarin · pinyin jié rì

holiday
festival
Classifier: 個 gè

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
节: jié · knot, node, joint; section

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2–4 · jie2 ri4

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zit3 jat6

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noun

holiday; day off
festival

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