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二十 èr shí twenty / 20
新春 xīn chūn the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
排名榜 pái míng bǎng ranking / ordered list / top 20 / roll of honor / to come nth out of 100
中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
链 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain
畹 wǎn a field of 20 or 30 mu
镒 yì ancient unit of weight equal to 20 or 24 liang 兩|两[liang3]
觜 zī number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座|猎户座
二十多 èr shí duō over 20
以利亚敬 Yǐ lì yà jìng Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up) / Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20 / Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13
二十年目睹之怪现状 Er4 shí Nián Mù dǔ zhī Guài Xiàn zhuàng The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2]
五灯会元 Wǔ dēng Huì yuán Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
加冠 jiā guān (in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years
吴趼人 Wú Jiǎn rén Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状
觜宿 zī xiù number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座|猎户座
冠礼 guàn lǐ the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man
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