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 月女神 yuè nǚ shén Moon Goddess 阿耳忒弥斯 阿耳忒彌斯 ā ěr tè mí sī Artemis (Greek goddess of the moon) 玉兔 yù tù the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon syn 弥月 彌月 mí yuè full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month) 蟾 chán toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking) / (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon / (metonym) 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 月径 月徑 yuè jìng moonlit path / diameter of the moon / diameter of the moon's orbit 朔望潮 shuò wàng cháo spring tide (biggest tide, at new moon or full moon) 指导各国在月球和其他天体上活动的协定 指導各國在月球和其他天體上活動的協定 Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Moon Agreement 月球协定 月球協定 yuè qiú xié dìng Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Moon Agreement 躲得过初一，躲不过十五 躲得過初一，躲不過十五 duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom) / fig. you can't put it off forever / sooner or later you'll have to deal with it 女神 nǚ shén goddess / nymph syn 观音 觀音 guān yīn Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) 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) 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 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn 圣母 聖母 shèng mǔ goddess syn 维纳斯 維納斯 wéi nà sī Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love) 观世音 觀世音 guān shì yīn Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) syn 神女 shén nǚ goddess / (old) prostitute syn 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) 妈祖 媽祖 mā zǔ Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia 观音菩萨 觀音菩薩 guān yīn pú sà Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) 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]) 黛安娜 dài ān nà Diana (goddess in Roman mythology) 苏尔 蘇爾 sū ěr Sol (goddess) 娘娘庙 娘娘廟 niáng niáng miào temple of Goddess of Fertility 欧若拉 歐若拉 ōu ruò lā Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn 朱诺 朱諾 zhū nuò Juneau, capital of Alaska / Juno, Roman goddess of marriage 仙桃 xiān táo the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母 天孙娘娘 天孫娘娘 tiān sūn niáng niáng Goddess of Fertility 子孙娘娘 子孫娘娘 zǐ sūn niáng niang goddess of fertility 蟠桃胜会 蟠桃勝會 pán táo shèng huì a victory banquet to taste the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母 该亚 該亞 gāi yà Gaea, the Earth Goddess and mother of the Titans 赫斯提亚 赫斯提亞 hè sī tí yà Hestia (goddess of Greek mythology) 辩才天 辯才天 biàn cái tiān Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma) 阿佛洛狄忒 ā fú luò dí tè Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love / Venus 赫卡忒 hè kǎ tè Hecate (goddess of Greek mythology) 孟婆汤 孟婆湯 mèng pó tāng potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4po2] before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence 卫星 衛星 wèi xīng satellite / moon / CL:顆|颗[ke1] 月亮 yuè liang the moon syn 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 下山 xià shān to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 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 中秋 zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month syn 半月 bàn yuè half-moon / fortnight 月球 yuè qiú the moon syn 星月 xīng yuè the moon and the stars 新月 xīn yuè new moon / crescent syn 满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday syn 嫦娥 cháng é Chang'e, the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology) / one of the Chang'e series of PRC lunar spacecraft syn 望月 wàng yuè full moon syn 泰坦 tài tǎn Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) 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 白道 bái dào (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道[hei1dao4]) / law-abiding citizenry 心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated syn 圆月 圓月 yuán yuè full moon 千载难逢 千載難逢 qiān zǎi nán féng extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon syn 登月 dēng yuè to go (up) to the moon 月宫 月宮 yuè gōng Palace in the Moon (in folk tales) syn 初升 chū shēng rising (sun, moon etc) 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 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 奔月 bèn yuè to fly to the moon 蓝月亮 藍月亮 lán yuè liang Blue Moon, a hypothetical planet 三光 sān guāng the sun, the moon, and the stars 月 yuè moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2] syn 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) 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 上弦月 shàng xián yuè first quarter moon 月轮 月輪 yuè lún full moon syn 月食 yuè shí lunar eclipse / eclipse of the moon 月相 yuè xiàng phase of the moon 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 朔望 shuò wàng the new moon / the first day of the lunar month syn 朔月 shuò yuè new moon / first day of the lunar month syn 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 月球车 月球車 yuè qiú chē moon buggy 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 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 晕 暈 yùn dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun syn 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 