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The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.[1]Dàxuě, Taisetsu, Daeseol, or Đại tuyết (Chinese and Japanese: 大雪; pinyin: dàxuě; rōmaji: taisetsu; Korean: 대설; romaja: daeseol; Vietnamese: đại tuyết; "major snow") is the 21st solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 255° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 270°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 255°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 7 December and ends around 21 December (22 December East Asia time).
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鶡旦不鳴, 'The jie-bird ceases to crow': the jie is a bird, similar to the pheasant, which is believed to be aggressive and combatant. As winter progresses, even this active bird slows and ceases to crow.
虎始交, 'Tigers begin to mate'
荔挺生
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