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月
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Definitions
- 1. moon
- 2. month
- 3. monthly
Example Sentences
1 shown四 月 是全國弱勢團體醫療 月 。
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Words Containing 月
the halo of the moon
phase of the moon
month
to stroll beneath the moon
moonlight
lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil
see 披星戴月[pī xīng dài yuè]
Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
year in, year out (idiom)
minor divinity concerned with marriage
pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands
romance
lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom)
moonlight
see 月下花前[yuè xià huā qián]
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)
monthly income
December
an intercalary fourth month brings food shortages
moonlit path
monthly salary
pistachio tree
eclipsis (of the moon or sun)
lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
moon blindness
(ancient Chinese astrology) Yuebei, a heavenly body postulated to exist at the apogee of the Moon's orbit, hindering the Moon's progress
monthly meeting
monthly payment
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
morning sickness (in pregnancy)
Yuehu district of Yingtan city 鷹潭市|鹰潭市, Jiangxi
to reach for the stars (idiom)
lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)
moon buggy
woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth
(coll.) lying-in woman
fortnightly
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle
lunar mare
alternative term for fourth lunar month
snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
crescent
busy (business) month
railway platform
monthly calendar
monthly
eleventh lunar month
to travel or work through night and day
the sun and moon shine once more
next month
full-term (gestation)
to accumulate over a long period of time
lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom)
see 猴年馬月|猴年马月[hóu nián mǎ yuè]
full moon
July
to admire the full moon
semicircular defensive enclosure around city gates
sanitary towel
waning moon
eventful years
eventful years (idiom)
total lunar eclipse
light blue
the dark
for years
to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
monthly bulletin
new moon
May
middle of month
monthly
twelfth lunar month
first month of the lunar year
intercalary month in the lunar calendar
(railway) platform screen doors
November
monthly
lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom)
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semilunar valve (anatomy)
Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis)
third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
on that month
September
the years have slipped by
November
end of the month
Moon Goddess
moonless (night)
lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box
April
light blue
15th of the month
puerperal fever
refers to lovemaking (idiom)
January
Yuehu district of Yingtan city 鷹潭市|鹰潭市, Jiangxi
crescent moon
laurel tree (Laurus nobilis)
menses
full moon
lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
October
moonstone
partial eclipse of the moon
lunar exploration
this month
monthly loan repayment
each month
December
October Revolution
final days of the lunar year
February
ring around the moon
the same month
last month
Ramadan (Islam)
every month
May
waxing crescent (moon)
end of month
the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏[yuè zhī])
the moon and the stars
premature (birth, child)
sun, moon and the five visible planets
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
October
solar month of 31 days
year in, year out (idiom)
August
matchmaker
calendar (esp. illustrated)
bay leaf; laurel leaf
lit. moonlight group
June
the passage of the years
laurel (Laurus nobilis)
month
worker employed by the month
halo
September
lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom)
the Greater Yuezhi, a branch of the Yuezhi 月氏[yuè zhī] people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
dates of birth and death (of historical figure)
laurel crown
see 猴年馬月|猴年马月[hóu nián mǎ yuè]
to go for a walk in the moonlight
new moon
honeymoon
lunar eclipse
time flies (idiom)
June
years
Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director
the moon
bimonthly publication
last month
traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth
a beautiful day
snakehead mullet
half-moon
laurel leaf; bay leaf
next month
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
menstruation
first quarter moon
moonlit night
(formal) a full month
tampon
River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚[zhāng ruò xū]
full moon
start of month
April
year in, year out (idiom)
month after month, year after year
Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan
end of the month
to complete the month of confinement following childbirth
Red Crescent
full moon
the bright moon
the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
full moon
monthly interest
to make monthly payments
several months
August
Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
monthly ticket
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom)
new moon
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful
to wish for the stars and the moon
bright moon
see 水中撈月|水中捞月[shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè]
platform ticket
February
March
waning moon
typical weather in a given season
months and year
amenorrhoea
half-moon
Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
as time goes by (idiom)
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[wēi lián · fú kè nà])
July
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance
monthly magazine
to celebrate a child reaching the age of one month
honeymoon
next month
SELENE, Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft, launched in 2007
New Year's Day in the lunar calendar
February of a common year
mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhòng xīng pěng yuè]
meniscus (anatomy)
the sun and moon
last few days of the month
January
moon rock
full moon
see 坐月子[zuò yuè zi]
to go (up) to the moon
meniscus lens
the moon
pistachio
Third Month Fair, traditional festival of the Bai Nationality 白族[bái zú]
ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
see 清風明月|清风明月[qīng fēng míng yuè]
moonlight
the first day of each month
see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhòng xīng pěng yuè]
\The Hunt for Red October\, a novel by Tom Clancy
to land on the moon
March
to fly to the moon
pistachio nut
long time off
a narrow slit window
period
monthly income (in kind)
Nisan, the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar
month-by-month
monthly interest
lunar crater