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Chinese zodiac

Chinese zodiac noun: a classification scheme that assigns an animal to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle.

chinese zodiac: a classification scheme that assigns an animal to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle
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Noun

Chinese zodiac

  1. A classification scheme that assigns an animal to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle.

Questions about Chinese zodiac

What does Chinese zodiac mean?
Chinese zodiac means a classification scheme that assigns an animal to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle.
What part of speech is Chinese zodiac?
Chinese zodiac is a noun.

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