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HSK
last month
HSK 4
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  *月* | 月* | *月
moon / month / monthly / CL: 個|个, 輪|轮
HSK 1
years / time
HSK 5
March / third month (of the lunar year)
next month
HSK 4
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)
(idiom) to reach for the stars
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
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
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
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)
for years / over the years
lunar exploration
first quarter moon
twelfth lunar month
HSK 7-9
to go (up) to the moon
solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days
June / sixth month (of the lunar year)
February / second month (of the lunar year)
monthly / per mensem
first month of the lunar year
to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
to fly to the moon
honeymoon
HSK 7-9
the bright moon
half-moon / fortnight
months and year / time / days of one's life
refers to lovemaking (idiom)
every month
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
to travel or work through night and day / to toil away for long hours
the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) / to benefit from intimacy with an influential person
month-by-month / monthly / on a monthly basis
(formal) a full month
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle / full-term gestation
monthly / in a single month
several months
dates of birth and death (of historical figure)
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
amenorrhoea / irregular menstruation
eleventh lunar month
month after month, year after year / year in, year out
lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)
blood moon
half-moon / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
May / fifth month (of the lunar year)
year in, year out (idiom)
romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc)
on that month
the same month
intercalary month in the lunar calendar / leap month
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character
eventful years (idiom)
waning moon
alternative term for fourth lunar month
full-term (gestation)
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
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
final days of the lunar year
full moon
crescent moon / crescent shape
to admire the full moon
Ramadan (Islam)
full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
busy (business) month
long time off / time that will never come
new moon / crescent
(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
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)
premature (birth, child)
next month / after this month
full moon
Red 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
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

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