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  *月* | 月* | *月
moon / month / monthly / CL: 個|个, 輪|轮
HSK 1
last month
HSK 4
next month
HSK 4
years / time
HSK 5
honeymoon
HSK 7-9
twelfth lunar month
HSK 7-9
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
next month
each month
April / fourth month (of the lunar year)
July / seventh month (of the lunar year)
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
November / eleventh month (of the lunar year)
the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
half-moon / fortnight
months and year / time / days of one's life
new moon / crescent
romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc)
this month / the current month
March / third month (of the lunar year)
on that month
the same month
October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday
solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
June / sixth month (of the lunar year)
every month
full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
January / first month (of the lunar year)
several months
last month
the moon and the stars
full moon
to go (up) to the moon
to admire the full moon
full moon
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
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. 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
Ramadan (Islam)
eventful years (idiom)
third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
long time off / time that will never come
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
for years / over the years
first month of the lunar year
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle / full-term gestation
light blue
month-by-month / monthly / on a monthly basis
see 水中撈月|水中捞月 / (mahjong) to complete one's hand on the last draw of the round
to stroll beneath the moon
waning moon
May / fifth month (of the lunar year)
to celebrate a child reaching the age of one month
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character
lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
eleventh lunar month
February / second month (of the lunar year)
lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom) / fig. a hopeless endeavor
lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)
waxing crescent (moon)
alternative term for fourth lunar month
intercalary month in the lunar calendar / leap month
next month / after this month
new moon / first day of the lunar month
to go for a walk in the moonlight
to travel or work through night and day / to toil away for long hours
(formal) a full month
lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
half-moon / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar 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
busy (business) month
to make monthly payments / monthly payment
February of a common year
full-term (gestation)
final days of the lunar year
year in, year out (idiom)
month after month, year after year / year in, year out
variant of 披星戴月
to fly to the moon
crescent moon / crescent shape
the bright moon
monthly / in a single month
full moon / waxing gibbous moon
refers to lovemaking (idiom)
lunar exploration
(idiom) to reach for the stars
dates of birth and death (of historical figure)
first quarter moon
amenorrhoea / irregular menstruation

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