- 二十八宿
- er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4the twenty-eight constellations* * *二十八宿èr shí bā xiù{天} the lunar mansions* * *二十八宿|二十八宿 [èr shí bā xiù] ► the twenty-eight constellations
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.
二十八宿
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