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Character Decomposition
旬=勹+日
Etymology
A cycle 勹 of ten days 日; a traditional week
Meanings
(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")
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Words with 旬 40 total
first third of a month上旬shàng xúnlast third of the month下旬xià xúnyojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)由旬yóu xúnmiddle third of a month中旬zhōng xún70 years; one's seventies · 70 days七旬qī xún80 years; one's eighties · 80 days八旬bā xún60 years; one's sixties · 60 days六旬liù xúncomet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow · evil omen旬始xún shǐfull year · ten years旬年xún nián(literary) ten days · short period旬日xún rìten days旬时xún shíten days · one month · short period旬朔xún shuòten days旬期xún qīfull year · first birthday旬岁xún suìtest every ten day · periodic deadline旬课xún kèstart of a ten day period旬首xún shǒuPentecost五旬节wǔ xún jiéFirst Sunday of Lent四旬节sì xún jiéLent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)四旬斋sì xún zhāiXunyi, a county in Xianyang City, Shaanxi旬邑县Xún yì XiànXunyang, a county-level city in Ankang City 安康市, Shaanxi旬阳市Xún yáng Shìlit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) · fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation · in dire straits三旬九食sān xún jiǔ shípay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands旬输月送xún shū yuè sòng
Idioms with 旬 3 total Chain
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