地支

dì zhī · di zhi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. the 12 earthly branches 子 (zǐ), 丑 (chǒu), 寅 (yín), 卯 (mǎo), 辰 (chén), 巳 (sì), 午 (wǔ), 未 (wèi), 申 (shēn), 酉 (yǒu), 戌 (xū), 亥 (hài), used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc

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