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白露

Mandarin · pinyin Bái lù

Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣 8th-22nd September

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
露: lù · dew; bare, open, exposed

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2–4 · Bai2 lu4

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baak6 lou6

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noun

dew in autumn
a kind of tea

verb

(Classical) to express; to reveal

name

a solar term around 8 September, traditionally heralding cold weather across China
(obsolete) Peru (a country)
(～村) Bailu (a village in Xinshi, Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

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