旬 始

xún shǐdictionary entry

comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow / evil omen

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Original source entry:

旬始旬始 [xun2 shi3] /comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow/evil omen/

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旬
xún
(bound form) ten-day period / one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shàng xún]) / (bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬[liù xún] "sixty years old")
始
shǐ
to begin / to start / then / only then

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