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Phrases in a Chinese Calendar

Hi,Can someone explain the meaning of the following phrases in a typical Chinese calendar? The CantoDict was not helpful because it gave the literal meaning of these phrases, i.e., 雨水 means "rain...

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See dictionary definitions here:Some of these will be added to Cantodict.

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Thanks, Yuetwoh. That was a very useful site. :clap:

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Below are Hong Kong Observatory's official translations of the 24 solar terms (廿四節氣) in the traditional order. Note also that the beginnings of the solar terms do NOT correspond to fixed dates in the...

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:notworthy: Thanks for the detailed info, Mr. K.The other thing I've noticed about the Chinese calendar is that, other than 清明 (Ching Ming), the popular holidays are not listed on it. For example, 中秋...

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> The other thing I've noticed about the Chinese calendar is that, other than 清明 (Ching Ming), the popular holidays are not listed on it.That's right. The holidays are usually not defined by the...

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QuoteMr. K Below are Hong Kong Observatory's official translations of the 24 solar energy terms (廿四節氣) in the traditional order. Note also that the beginnings of the solar terms do NOT correspond to...

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> I hope you have more such terms to share..There are so many things on a traditional Chinese calendar. Obviously we can't go over all of them aimlessly. Perhaps I will say one more thing about the...

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