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一甲子

yī jiǎ zǐ

Definitions

  1. 1. sixty years

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Child Words of 一甲子

一
yī

one

子
zǐ

son

甲
jiǎ

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]

一甲
yī jiǎ

1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuàng yuán], 榜眼[bǎng yǎn], and 探花[tàn huā], respectively)

甲子
jiǎ zǐ

first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tiān gān] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[dì zhī])