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Mandarin · pinyin sān gēng

third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)
midnight
also pr. sān jīn

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三: sān · three
更: gèng · more, still further, much more; to change, alter

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1–1 · san1 geng1

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noun

third watch (between 11:00pm and 1:00am); midnight

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