qǐ​zhé

to wake from hibernation

启蛰 啟蟄 qǐ​zhé
to wake from hibernation
To come out of hibernation in the spring, typically said of insects and small animals.
[Waking of Insects]
An older name for the third of the twenty-four solar terms in the traditional calendar, meaning "Waking of Insects", usually falling between March 5 and March 20. See 惊蛰 jīng​zhé.

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