xún shǐ

旬始 (xún shǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow; evil omen”.

Meanings

  1. 1comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow
  2. 2evil omen

Characters in 旬始

旬xún · (bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2])始shǐ · to begin

Related words

开始to begin始终from beginning to end原始first创始人creator; founder; initiator始to begin自始至终from start to finish (idiom)初始initial始作俑者lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)初始化(computing) to initialize中旬middle third of a month有始有终where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth旬(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2])

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