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第四纪

dì sì jì

3-character word Traditional 第四紀

What 第四纪 means

1. fourth period
2. quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)

The characters in 第四纪

• 第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 四sìfour; 4
• 纪jìorder; discipline; age

Sounds the same

Read dì sì jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 第四季fourth quarter

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