丙ひのえ寅とら

noun

Fire Tiger; 3rd sexagenary term

The 3rd term of the traditional 60-term sexagenary cycle (干支), combining the celestial stem 丙 (Fire, yang) and the earthly branch 寅 (Tiger). Used in East Asian calendars and astrology; e.g., years 1926, 1986, 2046.

See also: 干支

• 丙ひのえ寅とらの年としは、十じっ干かん十じゅう二に支しの3番ばん目めにあたります。

  The year of the Fire Tiger is the 3rd in the sexagenary cycle.

• 1926年ねんは丙ひのえ寅とらの年としでした。

  1926 was a Fire Tiger year.