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后半叶

hòu bàn yè

3-character word Traditional 後半葉

What 后半叶 means

1. latter half (of a decade, century etc)

The characters in 后半叶

• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 叶yèleaf; page; lobe

Sounds the same

Read hòu bàn yè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 后半夜second half of the night (from midnight to sunrise)

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