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- Chinese · calque of5月35日
- English todayMay 35th
Calque of Chinese 5月35日; a euphemistic form of June 4th, as though May (which has 31 days) had been lengthened to include it.
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May 35th
Today it means: The anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre on the fourth of June, known in China as the June Fourth Incident. Full definition →
Chinese 5月35日