Etymology

Jingzhe

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Today it means: The “Waking of Insects”; the Chinese third solar term — a “month” lasting from the fifth to the twentieth days of March. Full definition →

Mandarin 惊蛰
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from惊蛰
  2. English todayJingzhe

Borrowed from Mandarin 惊蛰 (Jīngzhé), from 惊 (jīng, “rouse, startle, stir”) + 蛰 (zhé, “hibernate”), literally “rouse [insects] from [their] hibernation”.

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