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地支

dì zhī

2-character word

What 地支 means

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

The characters in 地支

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 支zhīto support; to sustain; to erect

Example sentences

• 我全心全意地支持你。
  Wǒ quánxīnquányì dìzhī chí nǐ.
  I support you whole-heartedly.

Words containing 地支

• 十二地支shí èr dì zhīthe 12 earthly branches 子

Sounds the same

Read dì zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

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