第三纪

Traditional: 第三紀

dì sān jì

Dictionary entry

third period

What does 第三纪 mean?

第三纪 (dì sān jì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1third period

2tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)

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第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth") · (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed 三Sānsurname San 纪Jǐsurname Ji · also pr. [Ji4]

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第三纪

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