| Simplified | 节气 |
|---|---|
| Traditional | 節氣 |
| Pinyin | jiéqi |
| English | noun 1 solar term or period (one of the 24 periods, approximately 15 days each, of the lunar year, corresponding to the day on which the sun enters the lst or 15th degree of one of the 12 zodiacal signs; each period is given an appropriate name indicating the obvious natural changes at the time) 2 day marking the beginning of a solar term (e.g. , Feb. 3, 4, or 5 marks the beginning of the 1st solar term "Beginning of Spring" (立春)) |
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