圆缺 圓缺 yuán quē waxing and waning (of the moon) 眉月 méi yuè waxing crescent (moon) 盈亏 盈虧 yíng kuī profit and loss / waxing and waning syn 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 下弦月 xià xián yuè third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon 月亮女神 yuè liang nǚ shén the Moon Goddess / name of Japanese moon space probe 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 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 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 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 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 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 步月 bù yuè to stroll beneath the moon 登陆月球 登陸月球 dēng lù yuè qiú to land on the moon 朏 fěi (literary) (of the crescent moon) to begin to shine 日月晕 日月暈 rì yuè yùn halo / ring of light around the sun or moon 塞尔南 塞爾南 sài ěr nán Eugene Cernan (1934-), US astronaut in Apollo 10 and Apollo 17 missions, "last man on the moon" 朓 tiào scorch / western moon before sunrise 朣 tóng light from the rising moon 土卫六 土衛六 tǔ wèi liù Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI 月球表面 yuè qiú biǎo miàn lunar surface / surface of the moon 月岩 yuè yán moon rock 七曜 qī yào the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) 下弦 xià xián last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon) 中元普渡 zhōng yuán pǔ dù Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon 倚栏望月 倚欄望月 yǐ lán wàng yuè to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom) 冰轮 冰輪 bīng lún the moon 吴牛见月 吳牛見月 wú niú jiàn yuè cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun 土卫二 土衛二 tǔ wèi èr Enceladus (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn II 小潮 xiǎo cháo neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter) 尼厄丽德 尼厄麗德 ní è lì dé Nereids (Greek sea nymphs, fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris) / Nereid, moon of Neptune 弦月 xián yuè half-moon / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month 日月五星 rì yuè wǔ xīng sun, moon and the five visible planets 星曜 xīng yào heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets) 