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十二 shí èr twelve / 12
时分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
时辰 shí chen time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
车次 chē cì train or coach service ("service" as in "they run 12 services per day between the two cities")
甲子 jiǎ zǐ 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
地支 dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
本命年 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
属 shǔ category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute
盆 pén basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個|个[ge4]
小龙 xiǎo lóng snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖[sheng1 xiao4])
亥猪 hài zhū Year 12, year of the Boar (e.g. 2007)
十二地支 shí èr dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 / (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
十二支 shí èr zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 / (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
宪法监护委员会 Xiàn fǎ Jiān hù Wěi yuán huì Guardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which governs Iran
戾龙 lì lóng mythical evil serpent / evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12
童便 tóng biàn urine of boys under 12, used as medicine (TCM)
字林 Zì lín Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD
12步计划  12 Step Program
第一议定书 dì yī yì dìng shū Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts / Protocol I
第三议定书 dì sān yì dìng shū Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem / Protocol III
根据1988年公约第12条所设咨询专家组  Advisory Expert Group under article 12 of the 1988 Convention
第二议定书  Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts / Protocol II
童子尿 tóng zǐ niào urine of boys under 12, used as medicine (TCM)
经穴 jīng xué acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴|五输穴)
少阳经 shào yáng jīng lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
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