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Third Month Fair, traditional festival of the Bai Nationality 白族[Bai2 zu2]
上个月
shàng gè yuè
last month
上弦月
shàng xián yuè
first quarter moon
上月
shàng yuè
last month
下个月
xià gè yuè
next month
下弦月
xià xián yuè
third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
下月
xià yuè
next month
不月
bù yuè
amenorrhoea; irregular menstruation
不足月
bù zú yuè
premature (birth, child)
临月儿
lín yuè r
the month childbirth is due
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
(idiom) to reach for the stars
九月
jiǔ yuè
September; ninth month (of the lunar year)
九月份
jiǔ yuè fèn
September
二月
èr yuè
February; second month (of the lunar year)
二月份
èr yuè fèn
February
五月
wǔ yuè
May; fifth month (of the lunar year)
五月份
wǔ yuè fèn
May
五月节
wǔ yuè jié
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
众星拱月
zhòng xīng gǒng yuè
see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhong4 xing1 peng3 yue4]
众星捧月
zhòng xīng pěng yuè
lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure; to group around a revered leader; to revolve around sb
众星攒月
zhòng xīng cuán yuè
see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhong4 xing1 peng3 yue4]
余月
yú yuè
alternative term for fourth lunar month
做满月
zuò mǎn yuè
to celebrate a baby's one-month milestone (often with a banquet or gathering of family and friends)
元月
yuán yuè
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
光风霁月
guāng fēng jì yuè
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom); period of peace and prosperity; noble and benevolent character
入月
rù yuè
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle; full-term gestation
八月
bā yuè
August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
八月之光
bā yuè zhī guāng
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[Wei1 lian2 · Fu2 ke4 na4])
八月份
bā yuè fèn
August
六月
liù yuè
June; sixth month (of the lunar year)
六月份
liù yuè fèn
June
冬月
dōng yuè
eleventh lunar month
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure; flawless person
冰皮月饼
bīng pí yuè bǐng
snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)
出月
chū yuè
next month; after this month
出月子
chū yuè zi
to complete the month of confinement following childbirth; cf 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5]
包月
bāo yuè
to make monthly payments; monthly payment
匝月
zā yuè
(formal) a full month
十一月
shí yī yuè
November; eleventh month (of the lunar year)
十一月份
shí yī yuè fèn
November
十二月
shí èr yuè
December; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
十二月份
shí èr yuè fèn
December
十月
shí yuè
October; tenth month (of the lunar year)
十月份
shí yuè fèn
October
十月革命
shí yuè gé mìng
October Revolution
半月
bàn yuè
half-moon; fortnight
半月刊
bàn yuè kān
fortnightly; twice a month
半月板
bàn yuè bǎn
meniscus (anatomy)
半月瓣
bàn yuè bàn
semilunar valve (anatomy)
单月
dān yuè
monthly; in a single month
双月刊
shuāng yuè kān
bimonthly publication
吟风弄月
yín fēng nòng yuè
lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
吴牛见月
wú niú jiàn yuè
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
品月
pǐn yuè
light blue
四月
sì yuè
April; fourth month (of the lunar year)
四月份
sì yuè fèn
April
圆月
yuán yuè
full moon
坐月
zuò yuè
see 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5]
坐月子
zuò yuè zi
to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"
大月
dà yuè
solar month of 31 days; a lunar month of 30 days
大月支
dà yuè zhī
variant of 大月氏[Da4 Yue4 zhi1]
大月氏
dà yuè zhī
the Greater Yuezhi, a branch of the Yuezhi 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
奔月
bèn yuè
to fly to the moon
害月子
hài yuè zi
morning sickness (in pregnancy)
尼散月
ní sàn yuè
Nisan, the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar
岁月
suì yuè
years; time
岁月如梭
suì yuè rú suō
time flies (idiom)
岁月如流
suì yuè rú liú
the passage of the years; the flow of time
岁月峥嵘
suì yuè zhēng róng
eventful years; momentous times
岁月流逝
suì yuè liú shì
as time goes by (idiom)
峥嵘岁月
zhēng róng suì yuè
eventful years (idiom)
常年累月
cháng nián lěi yuè
variant of 長年累月|长年累月[chang2 nian2 lei3 yue4]
平月
píng yuè
February of a common year
年月
nián yuè
months and year; time; days of one's life
弥月
mí yuè
full moon; first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
弦月
xián yuè
half-moon; the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
弦月窗
xián yuè chuāng
a narrow slit window; a lunette
弯月
wān yuè
crescent moon; crescent shape
弯月形透镜
wān yuè xíng tòu jìng
meniscus lens
当月
dàng yuè
the same month
成年累月
chéng nián lěi yuè
year in, year out (idiom)
戴月披星
dài yuè pī xīng
see 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4]
披星带月
pī xīng dài yuè
variant of 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4]
披星戴月
pī xīng dài yuè
to travel or work through night and day; to toil away for long hours
按月
àn yuè
monthly; per mensem
探月
tàn yuè
lunar exploration
数月
shù yuè
several months
整年累月
zhěng nián lěi yuè
month after month, year after year; year in, year out
斋月
zhāi yuè
Ramadan (Islam)
新月
xīn yuè
new moon; crescent
日新月异
rì xīn yuè yì
daily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments; rapid progress
日月
rì yuè
the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month
日月五星
rì yuè wǔ xīng
sun, moon and the five visible planets
日月如梭
rì yuè rú suō
the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
日月晕
rì yuè yùn
halo; ring of light around the sun or moon
日月潭
rì yuè tán
Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan
日月蹉跎
rì yuè cuō tuó
the years have slipped by
日月重光
rì yuè chóng guāng
the sun and moon shine once more; fig. things get back to normal after an upheaval
日月食
rì yuè shí
eclipsis (of the moon or sun)
日积月累
rì jī yuè lěi
to accumulate over a long period of time
旬输月送
xún shū yuè sòng
pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands
旺月
wàng yuè
busy (business) month
明月
míng yuè
bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark
明月清风
míng yuè qīng fēng
see 清風明月|清风明月[qing1 feng1 ming2 yue4]
星月
xīng yuè
the moon and the stars
春江花月夜
chūn jiāng huā yuè yè
River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚[Zhang1 Ruo4 xu1]
月
yuè
moon / month / flesh
From: Chinese Characters Made Easy: Radicals & Memory Tricks, Chinese HSK 1: Zero to Hero
月下老人
yuè xià lǎo rén
minor divinity concerned with marriage; matchmaker; go-between
月下花前
yuè xià huā qián
lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom); fig. romantic surroundings
月中
yuè zhōng
the middle of the month; (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心[yue4 zi5 zhong1 xin1])
月事
yuè shì
menses; menstruation; a woman's periods
月亏
yuè kuī
waning moon; to wane
月亮
yuèliang
moon
From: Chinese HSK 2: Zero to Hero
月亮女神号
yuè liang nǚ shén hào
SELENE, Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft, launched in 2007
