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Examples:Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)—Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)—Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago)—Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era—method of calculating a person's age in years from birth—fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036—fifty second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035—listening the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books—third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046—Han Aijing (1945-), notorious red guard leader during Cultural Revolution, spent 15 years in prison for imprisoning and torturing political leaders—holocene system (geological strata laid down during the last 12000 years)—Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago)—Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago)—thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014—tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)—seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050—eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061—quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)—once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope—only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)—41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024—bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy—China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years since 1988)—Ordovician (geological period 495-440m years ago)—pre-Cambrian, geological period before c. 540m years ago—Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years—Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago)—old but vigorous (idiom); hale and hearty despite the years—lower Cambrian series (geological strata from approx 530 million years ago)—Miocene (geological epoch from 24m-5m years ago)—Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)—Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)—fifty fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038—Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)—parallax second or parsec or pc, astronomic unit of distance, approx 3.26 light years—sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049—Pliocene (geological epoch from 5m-2m years ago)—the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)—tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053—Holocene (geological period covering approx 12000 years since the last ice age)—lower Cambrian (geological period approx 530 million years ago)—commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)—National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988—thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056—eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051—fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057—Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796)—Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago)—Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era—twenty fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067—Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago)—Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years)—Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years)—fifty sixth year F8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039—fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058—forty seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030—Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) Jesuit who served as Qing court painter for 50 years—Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)—21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064—classifier for recurring events, often annual, such as conferences, class years in school—ten years of practice for one minute on the stage [idiom.]—Cambrian geological period (545-495m years ago)—name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)—the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion—7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse—birth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)—the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year in24 equal periods—9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey—May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)—11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog—12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar—twice in the year (of generations of insects, harvests etc)—2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January 3rd February), year of the Ox—fiscal year (e.g. from April March, for tax purposes)—5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon—the whole year must be planned for in the spring [idiom.]—increase in salary according one's service record for the year [idiom.]— |