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立夏

Lì xià

2-character word

What 立夏 means

1. Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-20th May

The characters in 立夏

• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 夏xiàsummer

Sounds the same

Read Lì xià, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 立下to set up; to establish
• 历下see 历下区

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