正 zhēng first month of the lunar year syn 望 朢 wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4] syn 泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay syn 五月 wǔ yuè May / fifth month (of the lunar year) syn 六月 liù yuè June / sixth month (of the lunar year) 粪便 糞便 fèn biàn excrement / feces / night soil syn 四月 sì yuè April / fourth month (of the lunar year) syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 九月 jiǔ yuè September / ninth month (of the lunar year) syn 一月 yī yuè January / first month (of the lunar year) syn 十月 shí yuè October / tenth month (of the lunar year) syn 三月 sān yuè March / third month (of the lunar year) syn 土壤 tǔ rǎng soil syn 八月 bā yuè August / eighth month (of the lunar year) syn 二月 èr yuè February / second month (of the lunar year) syn 七月 qī yuè July / seventh month (of the lunar year) 十一月 shí yī yuè November / eleventh month (of the lunar year) syn 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn 除夕 chú xī lunar New Year's Eve syn 十二月 shí èr yuè December / twelfth month (of the lunar year) syn 松软 鬆軟 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) syn 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) syn 沙土 shā tǔ sandy soil 粪土 糞土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing syn 月食 yuè shí lunar eclipse / eclipse of the moon 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 开春 開春 kāi chūn beginning of spring / the lunar New Year syn 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 红土 紅土 hóng tǔ red soil / laterite syn 地力 dì lì fertility / productivity (of soil or land) syn 正月 zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year syn 阴历 陰曆 yīn lì lunar calendar syn 整地 zhěng dì to prepare the soil (agriculture) syn 土层 土層 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 新春 xīn chūn the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day syn 黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) 水汪汪 shuǐ wāng wāng watery / waterlogged (soil) / limpid / bright and intelligent (eyes) syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 灰土 huī tǔ dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil / to till fields syn 闰年 閏年 rùn nián leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month 嫦娥 cháng é Chang'e, the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology) / one of the Chang'e series of PRC lunar spacecraft syn 盐碱地 鹽鹼地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman syn 灯节 燈節 dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) syn 农历 農曆 nóng lì the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar syn 中秋 zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month syn 小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn syn 土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy syn 中秋节 中秋節 zhōng qiū jié the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month syn 元月 yuán yuè first month (of either lunar or Western calendars) syn 端午节 端午節 duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) syn 腊月 臘月 là yuè twelfth lunar month syn 重阳节 重陽節 chóng yáng jié Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 轮作 輪作 lún zuò rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil) syn 土地 tǔ dì land / soil / territory / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] syn 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings syn 元宵节 元宵節 yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar syn 七夕 qī xī 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 水土保持 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí soil conservation syn 重阳 重陽 chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 初秋 chū qiū early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 追肥 zhuī féi top soil dressing / additional fertilizer 地漏 dì lòu drain / underground drainpipe / floor gutter / 25th of 2nd lunar month 大年三十 dà nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve 肥力 féi lì fertility (of soil) syn 大月 dà yuè solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days 仲秋 仲鞦 zhòng qiū second month of autumn / 8th month of the lunar calendar syn 松土 鬆土 sōng tǔ to plow (loosen the soil) 闰月 閏月 rùn yuè intercalary month in the lunar calendar / leap month 大建 dà jiàn lunar month of 30 days / same as 大盡|大尽[da4 jin4] 守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve 墒情 shāng qíng the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop) 旧历 舊曆 jiù lì old calendar / the Chinese lunar calendar / same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4] syn 七夕节 七夕節 qī xī jié 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[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 夏历 夏曆 xià lì the traditional Chinese lunar calendar syn 小建 xiǎo jiàn lunar month of 29 days / same as 小盡|小尽[xiao3 jin4] syn 土力学 土力學 tǔ lì xué soil mechanics 趟 tāng to wade / to trample / to turn the soil syn 朔 shuò beginning / first day of lunar month / north syn 登月舱 登月艙 dēng yuè cāng lunar module 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 娄 婁 lóu surname Lou / one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 壤 rǎng (bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) syn 朔望 shuò wàng the new moon / the first day of the lunar month syn 晦 huì (bound form) last day of a lunar month / (bound form) dark / gloomy / (literary) night syn 闰 閏 rùn intercalary / an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29) 土温 土溫 tǔ wēn temperature of the soil syn 月全食 yuè quán shí total lunar eclipse 壅 yōng to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant 垡 fá to turn the soil / upturned soil / (used in place names) syn 重九 chóng jiǔ the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month) 望日 wàng rì the full moon / the fifteenth day of each lunar month syn 表土 biǎo tǔ surface soil / topsoil 保墒 bǎo shāng preservation of soil moisture 肥田 féi tián fertile land / to fertilize the soil syn 