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|  |  | clown  / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox  / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°  | HSK 5 | 
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|  |  | month  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | last month  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | end of the month  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | ordinal number  / day of a month  / mark  / sign  / business establishment  / size  / ship suffix  / horn (wind instrument)  / bugle call  / assumed name  / to take a pulse  / classifier used to indicate number of people  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | not yet  / did not  / have not  / not  / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep  / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | bottom; base  /  background; foundation  /  copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record  /  (suffix) end of a year or month  /  (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数 )  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | March  / third month (of the lunar year)  |  | 
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|  |  | next month  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | season  / the last month of a season  / fourth or youngest amongst brothers  / classifier for seasonal crop yields  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month  | HSK 5 | 
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|  |  | period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)  / spare time  / skill  / labor  / effort  | HSK 3 | 
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|  |  | January  / first month (of the lunar year)  |  | 
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|  |  | next period (week, month or quarter etc)  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | son  /  child  /  seed  /  egg  /  small thing  /  1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat  /  viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位  /  ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)  /  subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-  |  | 
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|  |  | first third of a month  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | last third of the month  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | September  / ninth month (of the lunar year)  |  | 
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|  |  | double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month  /  girls' festival  /  Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女  are allowed their annual meeting  |  | 
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|  |  | December  / twelfth month (of the lunar year)  |  | 
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|  |  | previous period (week, month or quarter etc)  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | middle third of a month  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | first day of lunar month  / New Year's Day  / first year in junior middle school  |  | 
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|  |  | new moon  / first day of the lunar month  |  | 
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|  |  | worker employed by the month  |  | 
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|  |  | July  / seventh month (of the lunar year)  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. eating away next year's food in advance  / fig. to dip into the next month's check  / live now, pay later  |  | 
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|  |  | September  / ninth month  |  | 
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|  |  | first month of the lunar year  |  | 
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|  |  | Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节 , on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | the sun and moon  / day and month  / every day and every month  / season  / life and livelihood  |  | 
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|  |  | this month  / the current month  |  | 
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|  |  | last month  |  | 
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|  |  | first day of the month  / toilet  / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)  |  | 
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|  |  | first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)  |  | 
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|  |  | April  / fourth month (of the lunar year)  |  | 
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|  |  | each month  |  | 
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|  |  | November  / eleventh month (of the lunar year)  |  | 
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|  |  | second month of a season  / middle  / intermediate  / second amongst brothers  |  | 
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|  |  | pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands  |  | 
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|  |  | start of month  / early in the month  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | next month  |  | 
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|  |  | October  / tenth month (of the lunar year)  |  | 
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|  |  | midsummer  / second month of summer  |  | 
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|  |  | August  / eighth month (of the lunar year)  |  | 
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|  |  | Lantern Festival  /  night of the 15th of the first lunar month  /  see also 元夜  /  sticky rice dumplings  |  | 
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|  |  | twelfth lunar month  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | the three spring months  |  | 
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|  |  | to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"  |  | 
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|  |  | solar month of 31 days  / a lunar month of 30 days  |  | 
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|  |  | the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month  |  | 
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|  |  | 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar  / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°  |  | 
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|  |  | June  / sixth month (of the lunar year)  |  | 
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|  |  | 2nd year in junior middle school  / 2nd day of a lunar month  / 2nd day of lunar New Year  |  | 
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|  |  | (statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)  |  | 
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|  |  | Double Ninth or Yang Festival  / 9th day of 9th lunar month  |  | 
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|  |  | Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month  /  girls' festival  /  Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女  are allowed their annual meeting  |  | 
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|  |  | February  / second month (of the lunar year)  |  | 
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|  |  | first month of a season  / eldest amongst brothers  |  | 
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|  |  | first month of the lunar year  |  | 
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|  |  | early autumn  / 7th month of the lunar calendar  |  | 
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|  |  | Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month  |  | 
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|  |  | fortnightly  / twice a month  |  | 
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|  |  | end of month  / late in the month  |  | 
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|  |  | the middle of the month  /  (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心 )  |  | 
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|  |  | the first day of each month  |  | 
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|  |  | Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)  |  | 
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|  |  | woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth  |  | 
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|  |  | Double Ninth or Yang Festival  / 9th day of 9th lunar month  |  | 
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|  |  | months and year  / time  / days of one's life  |  | 
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|  |  | Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased  |  | 
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|  |  | 2nd day of the month  |  | 
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|  |  | the fifth  / fifth day of a month  |  | 
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|  |  | second month of autumn  / 8th month of the lunar calendar  |  | 
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|  |  | thirteenth day of a month  |  | 
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|  |  | (TCM) menstruation that comes only once every three months  |  | 
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|  |  | every month  |  | 
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|  |  | meat that has been cured and air-dried in the cold (esp. during the 12th lunar month)  |  | 
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|  |  | 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon  / ancient Chinese compass point: 120°  |  | 
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|  |  | 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse  / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)  |  | 
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|  |  | Third Month Fair, traditional festival of the Bai Nationality 白族 |  | 
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|  |  | lunar month of 29 days  |  | 
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|  |  | month-by-month  / monthly  / on a monthly basis  |  | 
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|  |  | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)  |  | 
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|  |  | Lantern Festival  /  night of 15th of first lunar month  /  see also 元宵 |  | 
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|  |  | (formal) a full month  |  | 
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|  |  | Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)  |  | 
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|  |  | monthly  / in a single month  |  | 
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|  |  | several months  |  | 
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|  |  | banquet to celebrate a baby reaching one month of age  |  | 
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|  |  | Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)  |  | 
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|  |  | eleventh lunar month  |  | 
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|  |  | month after month, year after year  / year in, year out  |  | 
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|  |  | 15th of the month  |  | 
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|  |  | to wash  / to rinse  / any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)  / Taiwan pr. [huan3]  / also pr. [wan3]  |  | 
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|  |  | half-moon  / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month  |  | 
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