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  1. third period; tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)

    trad. 第三紀

Also written 第三紀【dì sān jì】

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(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"), (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed, (old) residence of a high official, (literary) but; however, (literary) only; just

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