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生肖

shēng xiào

HSK 5

Meaning

  • one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
  • animal from the Chinese zodiac

Definition

生肖是中国传统历法中的十二种动物，分别代表不同的年份，循环使用。

The Chinese zodiac consists of twelve animals, each representing a year in a repeating cycle.

Usage

用于讨论一个人的出生年份所属的动物，常用来预测性格、运势等。

Used to discuss the animal associated with a person's birth year, often for personality or fortune predictions.

Examples

  • 1 我的生肖是龙。 (My Chinese zodiac is the Dragon.)
  • 2 生肖每十二年循环一次。 (The Chinese zodiac cycles every twelve years.)
  • 3 不同生肖的人性格特点不同。 (People with different zodiac signs have different personality traits.)
  • 4 今年是我的本命年，生肖是鼠。 (This year is my zodiac year, with the zodiac sign of Rat.)
  • 5 生肖文化在中国非常流行。 (The zodiac culture is very popular in China.)

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