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Courtesy Address 字 詞彙 字[Zì Chinese Males Reaching

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header 詞彙
text-pinyin 字[zì]
englishtrans Courtesy Name
notes A name given to Chinese males on reaching the age of twenty, at which point their juniors would address them by this name, whereas their seniors would address them with their original given name. Confucius' courtesy name, likewise, is 仲尼[zhòng ní].

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