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 niàn to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
 èr shí twenty / 20
廿 niàn twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念
 èr shí twenty (in banker's anti-fraud numerals)
 èr shí wǔ twenty five
 Míng shǐ History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
 Yuán shǐ History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
 èr shí wǔ shǐ twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
亿 liǎng bǎi yì twenty billion
 niàn twenty, twentieth
 sān jiǔ tiān the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
廿 niàn sì shǐ twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions) / same as 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
 Liáo shǐ History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 116 scrolls
 Jīn shǐ History of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, twenty second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 135 scrolls
 èr shí guó jí tuán Group of Twenty
  Twenty Guiding Principles for the Fight against Corruption
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