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the moon
HSK 2
the moon
HSK 5
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  *月* | 月* | *月
moon / month / monthly / CL: 個|个, 輪|轮
HSK 1
(folk religion) favorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (one flat side and one rounded side up); affirmative 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
(folk religion) unfavorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks rounded side up); negative response from a deity
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
(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 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
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  *圓* | 圓* | *圓
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
new moon / first day of the lunar month
(aerospace) satellite / (astronomy) satellite; moon / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 5
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  *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
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  *陰* | 陰* | *陰
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
HSK 2
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
the moon and the stars
sun, moon and the five visible planets
crescent moon
first quarter moon
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  *暈* | 暈* | *暈
dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun
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
to land on the moon
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)
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general 2007-2016
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
to fly to the moon
the bright moon
half-moon / fortnight
phase of the moon
Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI
the Moon (esp. in Daoism)
spring tide (biggest tide, at new moon or full moon)
lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan
the Apollo project (1961-1975), the NASA moon landing project
waxing and waning (of the moon)
the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)
(folk religion) moon blocks – a pair of crescent-shaped divination blocks thrown on the ground to seek a deity's response
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
lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)
last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)
blood moon
lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east / fig. at sunset
half-moon / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
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
rising (sun, moon etc)
new moon
the new moon / the first day of the lunar month
Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter)
Sea of Serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon)
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character
moon of Saturn
moon blindness / equine recurrent uveitis
waning moon
Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc)
(literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely; graceful / (literary) the moon
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
Enceladus (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn II
moon of Jupiter
lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero
full moon / waxing gibbous moon
lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom) / fig. a hopeless endeavor
moon snail (sea snail of the Naticidae family)
moon buggy
the full moon / the fifteenth day of each lunar month
halo / ring of light around the sun or moon
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
(astronomy) celestial body (e.g. planets, moons)
Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon
full moon
crescent moon / crescent shape
to admire the full moon
full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
Io (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter I
lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
ring around the moon / lunar halo
the sun and moon shine once more / fig. things get back to normal after an upheaval
Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
waning moon / to wane
lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful
moon
the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
new moon / crescent
Moon Goddess

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