shǔ​jiǔ​tiān

the coldest time of winter

  • created sense approved 数九天/數九天 · shǔ​jiǔ​tiān · the coldest time of winter — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    数九天 / 數九天

    shǔ​jiǔ​tiān

    the coldest time of winter

    The period of eighty-one days following the winter solstice, traditionally divided into nine sets of nine days each and considered the coldest time of the year.

    数九 (literal) → 数九/數九 · shǔ​jiǔ · nine periods of nine days 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · day

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