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watchman's rattle
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (梆子)
simp. #(梆子)
 
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梆子

  1. watchman's clapper
  2. (music) wooden clappers (small, rectangular, high-pitched wood block used in Chinese folk music and opera)
  3. one of a number of varieties of traditional folk opera performed in northern China, using bangzi clappers as an accompanying instrument

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