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Change log entry 38284
Processed by: ycandau (2011-11-13 20:30:59 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 36678 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
A complicated definition that leaves out a basic sense of the term ~ "a cycle of sixty years", as in

他將參訪南京中山陵、會見中共領導人胡錦濤,並在睽違一甲子後回到兒時故居西安,祭拜祖母。
"He is to visit the tomb of Sun Yat-sen in Nanjing, meet with PRC leader Hu Jintao, visit his childhood
home of Xi'an after an absence of 60 years, and pay his respects at his grandmother's grave."

Editor: processing this my own way, as it has been long enough in the queue.
Diff:
- 甲子 甲子 [jia3 zi3] /first of 10 heavenly stems 天干 and first of 12 earthly branches 地支/by ext., the 60 combinations 甲子, 乙丑, 丙寅 etc making up the year cycle/first year A1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1984 or 2044/
# + 甲子 甲子 [jia3 zi3] /first of 10 heavenly stems 天干 and first of 12 earthly branches 地支/by ext., the 60 combinations 甲子, 乙丑, 丙寅 etc making up the year cycle/first year A1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1984 or 2044/
+ 甲子 甲子 [jia3 zi3] /first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1])/the sixty-year cycle/
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