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Yi-zhu-xiang 一炷香

9/5/2019

 

lit. a stick of lit incense

pronounce as:  yee joo sh'young
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  1. A unit used in historic China to measure & indicate the amount of passing time 
  2. A synonym for being “momentary”

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    Contains definitions, stories, and context of the cultural elements presented in my works.
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    List of Terms

    All
    Acorn Sign
    Arcade
    Baoxiang Flower 寳相花
    Chinese 中文
    Dao Duanxiu
    Dao Fen-tao
    Dao 道
    Duan-xiu 斷袖
    Ephemera
    Fen-tao 分桃
    Hua Yang Nian Hua 花樣年華
    Jia-jie 假借
    Tong-zhi 同志
    Yi-zhu-xiang 一炷香

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