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morning roll call
5-7 am
mortise
to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时[mao3 shi2], i.e. between 5 and 7 am
fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
Year 4, year of the Rabbit
fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023
sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059
mortise and tenon
mortise and tenon
twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071