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Mandarin · pinyin biān nián tǐ

in the style of annals
chronological history, the regular form of the Chinese dynastic histories

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年: nián · year; new-years; person's age
體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
编: biān · knit, weave; arrange; compile
体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

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1–2–3 · bian1 nian2 ti3

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noun

(historiography) chronological history; chronicle

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