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Examples:Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)—Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)—It takes ten years nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.—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—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)—forty second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025—twenty ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072—second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045—thirty second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015—seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060—Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago)—Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago)—tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)—five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)—nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062—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—fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033—only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)—China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years since 1988)—fifty ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042—Ordovician (geological period 495-440m years ago)—William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Beijing university—pre-Cambrian, geological period before c. 540m years ago—"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old—Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago)—twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055—old but vigorous (idiom); hale and hearty despite the years—lower Cambrian series (geological strata from approx 530 million years ago)—thirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073—Miocene (geological epoch from 24m-5m years ago)—Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution—Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)—thirty fourth year D10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1957 or 2017—thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)—Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)—parallax second or parsec or pc, astronomic unit of distance, approx 3.26 light years—May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting)—tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053—forty sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029—twenty fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068—Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era—(in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years—fifty fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037—sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059—Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796)—Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era—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)—forty ninth year I1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032—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—Cambrian geological period (545-495m years ago)—(an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)—third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)—one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch—nian gao, New Year cake made of steamed glutinous rice—be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals)—the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom); an unlucky year—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)—traditional Asian method of calculating a person's age, which holds that a baby is one year old at birth—paper wedding (first year wedding anniversary)—(lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month—(increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year—the corresponding time period (in a different year etc)—8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep—2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January 3rd February), year of the Ox— |