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正朔

zhēng shuò

2-character word

What 正朔 means

1. first day of the first lunar month
2. oldcalendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty

The characters in 正朔

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 朔shuòbeginning; first day of lunar month; north

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