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十天干
ten Heavenly Stems
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Wood |
Wood |
Fire |
Fire |
Earth |
Earth |
Metal |
Metal |
Water |
Water |
甲
jia |
乙
yi |
丙
bing |
丁
ding |
戊
wu |
己
ji |
庚
geng |
辛
xin |
壬
ren |
癸
gui |
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十二地支
twelve Earthly Branches
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Water |
Earth |
Wood |
Wood |
Earth |
Fire |
Fire |
Earth |
Metal |
Metal |
Earth |
Water |
子
zi
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丑
chou
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寅
yin
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卯
mao
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辰
chen
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巳
si
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午
wu
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未
wei
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申
shen
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酉
you
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戌
xu
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亥
hai
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Chinese Zodiac (生肖 shng xiao), is based on a twelve-year cycle, each year in that cycle related to an animal sign. These signs in order are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. It's believed that people born in a given year have the personality of that year's animal.
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According
to the ancient times, every 2 hours is one time interval. It divided
a day into 12 intervals.
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