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十干

Mandarin · pinyin shí gān

same as 天干
the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)

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十: shí · ten, tenth; complete; perfect
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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2–1 · shi2 gan1

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synonym of 天干 (tiāngān): the ten heavenly stems

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