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- 阴阳历
- [yīnyánɡlì]
- Calendared system synthesizing the lunar calendar and solar calendar; the system not only emphasizes the waxing and waning of the moon, but also the solar terms of summer and winter. The time that the moon takes to circle the earth is one month. Also, a set leap month to make the average days of a year is consistent with the solar year. Therefore, this calendar is almost the same with phases of the moon as well as the anniversary movement of the sun. The Chinese lunar calendar is of the...
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- 1. One calendar year; one year into 12 months, 31 days in a big month, 30 days in a small month, and 28 days in February. If it is a leap year, it has 29 days. 365 days in a non-leap year, 366 days in a leap year.
- 2. The first day of a calendar year.
- 藏历
- [zànɡlì]
- Traditional calendar of Tibet, similar to the lunar calendar. The odd month has 30 days and even month 29 days. The Common year has 12 months and 354 days and the leap year 13 months and 384 days. The five elements and Twelve Zodiacs are employed to count the years.
- a calendar with the whole year printed on one sheet; single-page calendar
- year of the donkey and month of the horse—a time that will never come (as there is no such year or month in the Chinese calendar)
Examples (1-4 of 4)
- 大年初一我们去赶会吧。
- Let's go to a temple fair on the first day of the lunar calendar year. → 赶会
- 这个台历用民间的习俗标注月份, 比如将五月写成蒲月。
- This desk calendar marks the months according to folk customs, such as writing the fifth month of the lunar year as Pu month. → 蒲月
- 今天是大年三十儿, 家家户户都在包饺子准备过年。
- Today is the last day of the year in lunar calendar. Every family is busy making dumplings to get prepared for the Spring Festival. → 三十儿
- 公历从耶稣诞生的那年开始纪元。
- The Western calendar begins in the year of the birth of Christ. → 纪元
