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七夕

qī xì·ㄑㄧㄒㄧˋ

“seventh night of the seventh lunar month; Qixi Festival, celebrated as Chinese Valentine's Day; women traditionally offer fruits and thread needles to pray for skillful craftsmanship.”

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七

qī·ㄑㄧ

The natural number seven; 7; used in traditional Buddhist rituals for mourning every seven days; a literary style.

夕

xì·ㄒㄧˋ

Dusk; sunset; evening; night; a radical in Chinese dictionaries.