六十甲子

liùshíjiǎzǐ

one Chinese sexagenary cycle

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 六十 liùshí
  1. sixty
  2. 60
2 甲子 jiǎzǐ
  1. first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干 tiāngān and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支 dìzhī)
  2. the sixty-year cycle