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juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); victory; strictness; cruelty