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| | the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥, used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc | | | | | | order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公, Marquis 侯, Count 伯, Viscount 子, Baron 男 | | | | | | six close relatives, namely: father 父, mother 母, older brothers 兄, younger brothers 弟, wife 妻, male children 子 / one's kin | | | | | | the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history 史, philosophy 子, belles-lettres 集 | | | | | | the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number) | | | | | | the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers) | | | | | | five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公, Marquis 侯, Count 伯, Viscount 子, Baron 男 | | |
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