甲子 (jiǎ zǐ) — first year of the Sexagenary Cycle; a sixty-year cycle
Definition
甲子 is the first year in the traditional Chinese 60-year Sexagenary Cycle (干支), also used to mean the full 60-year cycle itself.
noun
first year of the Sexagenary Cyclea sixty-year cycle
Examples
- 1984甲子，。1984 Nián shì jiǎ zǐ nián, yě shì zhōng guó gǎi gé kāi fàng de zhòng yào shí qī.1984 was a 甲子 year and also an important period of China's reform and opening-up.
- 甲子，。Yí gè jiǎ zǐ shì liù shí nián, dài biǎo le yí gè wán zhěng de xún huán.One 甲子 is sixty years, representing a complete cycle.
- 甲子，。Gǔ rén yòng jiǎ zǐ lái jì lù shí jiān, zhì jīn yǐ yǒu liǎng qiān duō nián de lì shǐ.Ancient people used the Sexagenary Cycle to record time, with a history of over two thousand years.
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