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十二支

shí èr zhī

3-character word

What 十二支 means

1. the 12 earthly branches {子|zǐ}, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)

The characters in 十二支

• 十shíten; 10
• 二èrtwo; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
• 支zhīto support; to sustain; to erect

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