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last month
HSK 4
next month
HSK 4
years / time
HSK 5
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  *月* | 月* | *月
moon / month / monthly / CL: 個|个, 輪|轮
HSK 1
March / third month (of the lunar year)
January / first month (of the lunar year)
September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
new moon / first day of the lunar month
July / seventh month (of the lunar year)
the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
this month / the current month
last month
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
April / fourth month (of the lunar year)
each month
twelfth lunar month
HSK 7-9
November / eleventh month (of the lunar year)
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
next month
October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
to make monthly payments / monthly payment
the moon and the stars
August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
full moon
crescent moon / crescent shape
lunar exploration
first quarter moon
to go (up) to the moon
solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days
June / sixth month (of the lunar year)
monthly / in a single month
February / second month (of the lunar year)
several months
Ramadan (Islam)
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
eventful years (idiom)
to admire the full moon
monthly / per mensem
first month of the lunar year
third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
to fly to the moon
honeymoon
HSK 7-9
the bright moon
(idiom) to reach for the stars
on that month
the same month
half-moon / fortnight
months and year / time / days of one's life
lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom) / fig. a hopeless endeavor
every month
refers to lovemaking (idiom)
to travel or work through night and day / to toil away for long hours
month-by-month / monthly / on a monthly basis
(formal) a full month
the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) / to benefit from intimacy with an influential person
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle / full-term gestation
final days of the lunar year
(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
dates of birth and death (of historical figure)
amenorrhoea / irregular menstruation
eleventh lunar month
month after month, year after year / year in, year out
romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc)
long time off / time that will never come
blood moon
half-moon / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
May / fifth month (of the lunar year)
Red Crescent
year in, year out (idiom)
alternative term for fourth lunar month
full-term (gestation)
full moon / waxing gibbous moon
waning moon
intercalary month in the lunar calendar / leap month
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)
see 水中撈月|水中捞月 / (mahjong) to complete one's hand on the last draw of the round
for years / over the years
lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)
full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
busy (business) month
to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
new moon / crescent
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
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
premature (birth, child)
next month / after this month
full moon
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
to celebrate a baby's one-month milestone (often with a banquet or gathering of family and friends)

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