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立秋

Mandarin · pinyin Lì qiū

Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣 7th-22nd August

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立: lì · stand; let stand; establish, set
秋: qiū · autumn, fall; year

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4–1 · Li4 qiu1

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The first day of autumn, one of the solar terms (around the 8th of August).

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