十二地支
shí'èr​dì​zhī

twelve earthly branches

  • created sense approved 十二地支 · shí'èr​dì​zhī · twelve earthly branches — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    十二地支

    shí'èr​dì​zhī

    twelve earthly branches

    The twelve earthly branches [[子|子|zi3]], [[丑|丑|chou3]], [[寅|寅|yin2]], [[卯|卯|mao3]], [[辰|辰|chen2]], [[巳|巳|si4]], [[午|午|wu3]], [[未|未|wei4]], [[申|申|shen1]], [[酉|酉|you3]], [[戌|戌|xu1]], and [[亥|亥|hai4]], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers.

    十二 (literal) → 十二 · shí'èr · twelve 地支 (literal) → 地支 · dì​zhī · twelve earthly branches

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