月 yuè moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2] syn 卫星 衛星 wèi xīng satellite / moon / CL:顆|颗[ke1] 女神 nǚ shén goddess / nymph syn 月亮 yuè liang the moon syn 月球 yuè qiú the moon syn 圣母 聖母 shèng mǔ goddess syn 娘娘 niáng niang queen / empress / imperial concubine / Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West / mother / aunt syn 维纳斯 維納斯 wéi nà sī Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love) 上山 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise 千载难逢 千載難逢 qiān zǎi nán féng extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon syn 满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday syn 黛安娜 dài ān nà Diana (goddess in Roman mythology) 下山 xià shān to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set 泰坦 tài tǎn Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) 明月 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2] syn 新月 xīn yuè new moon / crescent syn 苏尔 蘇爾 sū ěr Sol (goddess) 月食 yuè shí lunar eclipse / eclipse of the moon 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn 望月 wàng yuè full moon syn 观音 觀音 guān yīn Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 观世音 觀世音 guān shì yīn Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) syn 心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated syn 登月 dēng yuè to go (up) to the moon 月牙 yuè yá crescent moon syn 残月 殘月 cán yuè waning moon 赏月 賞月 shǎng yuè to admire the full moon syn 月相 yuè xiàng phase of the moon 嫦娥 cháng é Chang'e, the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology) / one of the Chang'e series of PRC lunar spacecraft syn 神女 shén nǚ goddess / (old) prostitute syn 玉兔 yù tù the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon syn 中秋 zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month syn 月宫 月宮 yuè gōng Palace in the Moon (in folk tales) syn 奔月 bèn yuè to fly to the moon 上弦 shàng xián to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon) 白道 bái dào (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道[hei1dao4]) / law-abiding citizenry 闭月羞花 閉月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world syn 天后 tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) 半月 bàn yuè half-moon / fortnight 星月 xīng yuè the moon and the stars 圆月 圓月 yuán yuè full moon 观世音菩萨 觀世音菩薩 guān shì yīn pú sà Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) 初升 chū shēng rising (sun, moon etc) 妈祖 媽祖 mā zǔ Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia 太阴 太陰 tài yīn the Moon (esp. in Daoism) syn 花好月圆 花好月圓 huā hǎo yuè yuán lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom) / fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 弯月 彎月 wān yuè crescent moon / crescent shape 观音菩萨 觀音菩薩 guān yīn pú sà Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) 圆缺 圓缺 yuán quē waxing and waning (of the moon) 日月潭 rì yuè tán Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan 蓝月亮 藍月亮 lán yuè liang Blue Moon, a hypothetical planet 美神 měi shén goddess of beauty (typically used in reference to Venus 維納斯|维纳斯[Wei2na4si1] or Aphrodite 阿佛洛狄忒[A1fu2luo4di2te4]) 三光 sān guāng the sun, the moon, and the stars 上弦月 shàng xián yuè first quarter moon 月轮 月輪 yuè lún full moon syn 晕 暈 yùn dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun syn 圆 圓 yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) syn 朱诺 朱諾 zhū nuò Juneau, capital of Alaska / Juno, Roman goddess of marriage 欧若拉 歐若拉 ōu ruò lā Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn 朔望 shuò wàng the new moon / the first day of the lunar month syn 蟾 chán toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking) / (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon / (metonym) the moon 月球车 月球車 yuè qiú chē moon buggy 望日 wàng rì the full moon / the fifteenth day of each lunar month syn 日月如梭 rì yuè rú suō the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom) / How time flies! syn 皎月 jiǎo yuè the bright moon syn 朔月 shuò yuè new moon / first day of the lunar month syn 弥月 彌月 mí yuè full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month) 娘娘庙 娘娘廟 niáng niáng miào temple of Goddess of Fertility 月晕 月暈 yuè yùn ring around the moon / lunar halo 蟾宫折桂 蟾宮折桂 chán gōng zhé guì lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination syn 吟风弄月 吟風弄月 yín fēng nòng yuè lit. singing of the wind and the moon / fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art) syn 水中捞月 水中撈月 shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom) / a hopeless endeavor syn 月岩 yuè yán moon rock 众星捧月 眾星捧月 zhòng xīng pěng yuè lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb 仙桃 xiān táo the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母 木卫二 木衛二 mù wèi èr Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II 弦月 xián yuè half-moon / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month 月偏食 yuè piān shí partial eclipse of the moon 木卫四 木衛四 mù wèi sì Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV 木卫三 木衛三 mù wèi sān Ganymede (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter III 木卫 木衛 mù wèi moon of Jupiter 镜花水月 鏡花水月 jìng huā shuǐ yuè lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花 syn 冰壶秋月 冰壺秋月 bīng hú qiū yuè jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡) / fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person 日月重光 rì yuè chóng guāng the sun and moon shine once more / fig. things get back to normal after an upheaval 流星赶月 流星趕月 liú xīng gǎn yuè lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom) 清风明月 清風明月 qīng fēng míng yuè lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life syn 花容月貌 huā róng yuè mào lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful 长夜难明 長夜難明 cháng yè nán míng lit. many nights under a harsh moon / long years of oppression (idiom) 风花雪月 風花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) / effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life 东兔西乌 東兔西烏 dōng tù xī wū lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time 孟婆 mèng pó (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind 阿耳忒弥斯 阿耳忒彌斯 ā ěr tè mí sī Artemis (Greek goddess of the moon) 盈凸月 yíng tū yuè full moon / waxing gibbous moon 下弦月 xià xián yuè third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon 月光期 yuè guāng qī from new moon to full moon 月孛 yuè bèi (ancient Chinese astrology) Yuebei, a heavenly body postulated to exist at the apogee of the Moon's orbit, hindering the Moon's progress 