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xu1 sui4
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term Li⁴ chun¹ each year, rather than on one's birthday./contrasted with and shi² sui⁴
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xu1
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春 [Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday./contrasted with 實歲|实岁 [shi2 sui4]
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sui4
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春 [Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday./contrasted with 實歲|实岁 [shi2 sui4]