十二地支 shíèr dìzhī
shíèr dìzhī
set phrase
the twelve earthly branches
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Namely: 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers (CC-CEDICT '十二地支')