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踏青

Mandarin · pinyin tà qīng

lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green)
spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April

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踏: tà · step on, trample, tread on, walk
青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174

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4–1 · ta4 qing1

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daap6 cing1

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verb

to go on an outing to the green countryside during spring

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