预苦期

預苦期
Yùkǔqī
  1. (Protestantism) Lent
  2. Lent

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 预 yù
  1. to advance
  2. in advance
  3. beforehand
  4. to prepare
2 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly
=3 期 qī
  1. variant of 期 qī
  2. period
  3. cycle
=3 期 qī
  1. a period of time
  2. phase
  3. stage
  4. classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study
  5. time
  6. term
  7. period
  8. to hope
  9. Taiwan pr. qí
=3 期 jī
  1. (historical, obsolete) short for 期服 (“mourning garment worn for one year following the death of a senior family member; yearlong period of mourning”)
  2. (obsolete) whole year; entire month; one-year anniversary
  3. short for 期服 (“mourning garment worn for one year following the death of a senior family member; yearlong period of mourning”)
  4. whole year; entire month; one-year anniversary