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  *月* | 月* | *月
moon / month / monthly / CL: 個|个, 輪|轮
HSK 1
the moon
HSK 2
month
HSK 2
end of the month
HSK 4
last month
HSK 4
next month
HSK 4
years / time
HSK 5
the moon
HSK 5
mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
HSK 5
start of month / early in the month
HSK 7-9
monthly ticket
HSK 7-9
honeymoon
HSK 7-9
daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress
HSK 7-9
twelfth lunar month
HSK 7-9
River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚
February of a common year
lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
laurel leaf; bay leaf
September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
menstruation / a woman's period
the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏)
next month
full-term (gestation)
snakehead mullet / Channa asiatica
morning sickness (in pregnancy)
several months
moonlit path / diameter of the moon / diameter of the moon's orbit
monthly income (in kind)
each month
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
April / fourth month (of the lunar year)
a narrow slit window / a lunette
full moon
to go (up) to the moon
traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth; puerperium
July / seventh month (of the lunar year)
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
semicircular defensive enclosure around city gates / crescent-shaped barbican
moonlight
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
monthly (used in names of publications) / monthly bulletin
November / eleventh month (of the lunar year)
see 水中撈月|水中捞月 / (mahjong) to complete one's hand on the last draw of the round
the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
half-moon / fortnight
Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis)
to celebrate a baby's one-month milestone (often with a banquet or gathering of family and friends)
months and year / time / days of one's life
new moon / crescent
month-by-month / monthly / on a monthly basis
this month / the current month
(old) menstruation / period
the middle of the month / (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心)
March / third month (of the lunar year)
on that month
the same month
October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
monthly calendar
(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
monthly magazine
solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
June / sixth month (of the lunar year)
monthly income
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
every month
full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
January / first month (of the lunar year)
to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"
monthly interest
last month
lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花
the moon and the stars
moonlit night
end of the month
menses / menstruation / a woman's periods
full moon
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
crescent moon
to admire the full moon
banquet to celebrate a baby reaching one month of age
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
phase of the moon
monthly payment
eventful years (idiom)
third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
to complete the month of confinement following childbirth / cf 坐月子
to land on the moon
moonlight
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
for years / over the years
worker employed by the month
first month of the lunar year
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)

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