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旬

Mandarin · pinyin xún

(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬 shàng xún)
(bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬 liù xún "sixty years old")

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旬: xún · ten-day period; period of time

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Ten-day period.
Ten years.
Period of time.

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