干支
Traditional form:
干支
Pinyin (reading):
gānzhī
Definitions:
- the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shítiāngān) and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
- sexagenary cycle
Characters:
- 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
- 支 - to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)
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