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期終

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Mandarin · pinyin qī zhōng

end of a fixed term

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期: qī · period of time; date; time limit
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终: zhōng · end; finally, in the end

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1–1 · qi1 zhong1

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noun

(education) end of term; end of semester; end of quarter

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