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顯生宙

简显生宙 · 繁顯生宙

Mandarin · pinyin Xiǎn shēng zhòu

Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀 Hán wǔ jì, c. 540m year ago

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生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
宙: zhòu · time as concept; infinite time
显: xiǎn · manifest, display; evident, clear

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3–1–4 · Xian3 sheng1 zhou4

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hin2 sang1 zau6

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(geology) the Phanerozoic eon (spanning from 541 million years ago until the present)

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