生肖
生肖
shēng xiào
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]; animal from the Chinese zodiac
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- one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
- animal from the Chinese zodiac
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Related Words
子丑(zǐ chǒu)— first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支
→干支(gān zhī)— the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
→本命年(běn mìng nián)— year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
→十二宫(shí èr gōng)— the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]
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