虚岁

xū suì · xu sui

Traditional 虛歲

Meaning

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  1. one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春 (Lì chūn) each year, rather than on one's birthday.
  2. contrasted with 實歲 / 实岁 (shí suì)

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