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春秋
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1–1 · chun1 qiu1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ceon1 cau1
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noun
- (literally) spring and autumn
- (metonymic) the four seasons
- (figurative) a year's time; year
- (figurative) person's age
- (figurative) time (as a general concept)
- (figurative) annal; chronicle of events by year
name
- the Spring and Autumn Annals (the chronicle of the state of Lu)
- the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC)
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