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"12th April" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
四一二 sì yī èr 12th April / refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai
Chinese Pinyin Translation
四月 sì yuè April / fourth month (of the lunar year) syn
罗宾汉 羅賓漢 luó bīn hàn Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero)
愚人节 愚人節 yú rén jié April Fools' Day
四月份 sì yuè fèn April syn
春分 chūn fēn Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th April
踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn
清明节 清明節 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
谷雨 穀雨 gǔ yǔ Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May
西安事变 西安事變 xī ān shì biàn Xi'an Incident of 12th December 1936 (kidnap of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2])
植树节 植樹節 zhí shù jié Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4]
黄花岗 黃花崗 huáng huā gǎng Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911
腊八粥 臘八粥 là bā zhōu Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
腊 臘 là ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month syn
亥 hài 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
辰 chén 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120° syn
古尔邦节 古爾邦節 gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
大暑 dà shǔ Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd July-6th August syn
四一二反革命政变 四一二反革命政變 sì yī èr fǎn gé mìng zhèng biàn counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
四一二惨案 四一二慘案 sì yī èr cǎn àn the massacre of 12th Mar 1927 / the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
四月早晨 sì yuè zǎo chén April
愚人节快乐 愚人節快樂 yú rén jié kuài lè April Fool!
萨噶达娃节 薩噶達娃節 sà gá dá wá jié Tibetan festival on 15th April marking Sakyamuni's birthday
财政年度 財政年度 cái zhèng nián dù financial year / fiscal year (e.g. from April to March, for tax purposes)
黄花岗七十二烈士 黃花崗七十二烈士 huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911
黄花岗起义 黃花崗起義 huáng huā gǎng qǐ yì Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 in Guangzhou, one a long series of unsuccessful uprisings of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party
4月谅解 4月諒解 April Understanding
1999年4月扶养义务特别委员会 1999年4月扶養義務特別委員會 Special Commission on Maintenance Obligations of April 1999 / Special Commission on Maintenance Obligations
扶养义务特委会 扶養義務特委會 Special Commission on Maintenance Obligations of April 1999 / Special Commission on Maintenance Obligations
4月谅解监察小组 4月諒解監察小組 April Understanding Monitoring Group
全民义务植树日 全民義務植樹日 quán mín yì wù zhí shù rì National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节[Zhi2 shu4 jie2]
四一二事变 四一二事變 sì yī èr shì biàn the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
橘录 橘錄 jú lù classification of orange trees by 12th century Song dynasty botanist Han Yanzhi 韓彥直|韩彦直[Han2 Yan4 zhi2]
范公偁 範公偁 fàn gōng chēng Fan Gongcheng (12th century), Southern Song author of 過庭錄|过庭录
腊八节 臘八節 là bā jié Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
花朝节 花朝節 huā zhāo jié Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February
过庭录 過庭錄 guò tíng lù lit. Notes on Passing the Hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 范公偁[Fan4 Gong1 cheng1], containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty
非利士人 fēi lì shì rén the Philistines, who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BC
三星堆 sān xīng duī archaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze artifacts from the 11-12th centuries BC
小年夜 xiǎo nián yè (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)
蒙兀国 蒙兀國 měng wù guó Khamag Mongol, a 12th century Mongolic tribal confederation
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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