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十天干

Mandarin · pinyin shí tiān gān

the ten Heavenly Stems 甲 jiǎ, 乙 yǐ, 丙 bǐng, 丁 dīng, 戊 wù, 己 jǐ, 庚 gēng, 辛 xīn, 壬 rén, 癸 guǐ (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)

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十: shí · ten, tenth; complete; perfect
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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2–1–1 · shi2 tian1 gan1

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