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寒食
hánshí
1. cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival [[清明節|清明节]])
2. the Qingming festival

Character Breakdown

寒
hán
chilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble
HSK 4 12 丶
食
shí
food; to eat
HSK 5 9 丶

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