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xuân thu

Pronunciation Northern /swən˧˧ tʰu˧˧/ Central /swəŋ˧˥ tʰu˧˥/ Southern /swəŋ˧˧ tʰu˧˧/
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year
Noun
year
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
entire year

Spring and autumn; in literary use, the passing of time or years.

vi Xuân thu qua đi, cảnh vật cũng đổi thay.

en Spring and autumn passed, and the scenery also changed.

Sense 2 Noun
age

A metaphorical or literary way of referring to a person's age or the years they have lived.

vi Cụ đã trải qua tám mươi xuân thu.

en The elder has lived through eighty years.

Parts
xuân / thu / 春秋
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
春秋
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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xuân / xuân phân / xuân đình / xuân xanh …
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Use
kinh xuân thu / nghĩa xuân thu / mùa xuân / xuân tiết …
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