liù​shí​jiǎ​zǐ

sexagenary cycle

Senses

六十甲子 liù​shí​jiǎ​zǐ sexagenary cycle

The sixty-year cycle formed by combining the ten Heavenly Stems and the twelve Earthly Branches in sequence, starting with Jiazi and ending with Guihai

六十甲子 liù​shí​jiǎ​zǐ sixty years of age

A person's 60th birthday or the completion of a sixty-year lifespan, marking one full rotation of the sexagenary cycle

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