Chinese–English

甲子

jiǎ zǐ · jia zi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干 (tiān gān) and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支 (dì zhī))
  2. the sixty-year cycle
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