first month of the lunar year
1. end of month2. late in the month
1. start of month2. early in the month
to accumulate over a long period of time
1. year in, year out (idiom)2. (over) many years
year in, year out (idiom)
1. matchmaker2. go-between3. same as 月下老人[yuè xià lǎo rén]
1. lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure2. to group around a revered leader3. to revolve around sb
1. the middle of the month2. (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心[yuè zi zhōng xīn])
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth; puerperium
近水楼台先得月 近水樓臺先得月 jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè 1. the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)2. to benefit from intimacy with an influential person
1. half-moon2. the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
1. lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom)2. fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
partial eclipse of the moon
Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis)
1. monthly (used in names of publications)2. monthly bulletin
1. for years2. over the years
1. to make monthly payments2. monthly payment
1. monthly2. in a single month