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the moon
HSK 2
the moon
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阴* | 阴* | *阴
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *月* | 月* | *月
moon / month / monthly / CL: 個|个, 輪|轮
HSK 1
(aerospace) satellite / (astronomy) satellite; moon / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 5
(folk religion) favorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (one flat side and one rounded side up); affirmative response from a deity
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  *圆* | 圆* | *圆
circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
HSK 4
(folk religion) unfavorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks rounded side up); negative response from a deity
(folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (at least one block lands on its edge); result interpreted as unclear or exceptional
(folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks flat side up); ambiguous or noncommittal response from a deity
(Tw) (folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯 (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pua̍h-pue]) (equivalent to Mandarin 擲筊|掷筊)
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
new moon / first day of the lunar month
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *望* | 望* | *望
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards
HSK 7-9
the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
Chang'e, the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology) / one of the Chang'e series of PRC lunar spacecraft
HSK 7-9
lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
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
extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon
the moon and the stars
sun, moon and the five visible planets
(astronomy) celestial body (e.g. planets, moons)
crescent moon
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
full moon
crescent moon / crescent shape
first quarter moon
to go (up) to the moon
to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated
lunar eclipse / eclipse of the moon
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *晕* | 晕* | *晕
dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun
the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon
the sun, the moon, and the stars
the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon)
eclipsis (of the moon or sun)
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
to admire the full moon
(literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely; graceful / (literary) the moon
third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
moon buggy
Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general 2007-2016
to fly to the moon
the bright moon
half-moon / fortnight
Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI
phase of the moon
lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom) / fig. a hopeless endeavor
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom) / fig. you can't put it off forever / sooner or later you'll have to deal with it
the Apollo project (1961-1975), the NASA moon landing project
the moon
spring tide (biggest tide, at new moon or full moon)
the Moon (esp. in Daoism)
lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time
Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan
Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
ring around the moon / lunar halo
the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)
(of a baby) to reach one month of age / (fig.) to reach the one-month mark since the start, launch or implementation of sth / the full moon
(folk religion) moon blocks – a pair of crescent-shaped divination blocks thrown on the ground to seek a deity's response
last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)
blood moon
moon of Saturn
half-moon / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
to wish for the stars and the moon / to have unreal expectations
Moon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from 2017
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
the halo of the moon
moon of Mars
ring around the moon / lunar halo / solar halo
rising (sun, moon etc)
new moon
the new moon / the first day of the lunar month
to land on the moon
neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter)
Sea of Serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon)
moon blindness / equine recurrent uveitis
Io (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter I
Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc)
full moon / waxing gibbous moon
the intersection of the Moon's orbit with the ecliptic in Vedic astronomy (Sanskrit rahu)
halo / ring of light around the sun or moon
full moon
waning moon
moon snail (sea snail of the Naticidae family)
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character
lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
the full moon / the fifteenth day of each lunar month
ecliptic line / intersection of the ecliptic with the moon's orbit plane
lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east / fig. at sunset
Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon
Deimos (moon of Mars), aka Mars II
lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)

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