生肖 in English
- one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac
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How it used to be written
生
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 16 forms
肖
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Warring States script 春秋晚期或戰國早期.晉 -
Clerical script - See all 10 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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从根本上说，十二生肖的形成，与动物崇拜有关。
On a fundamental level, the 12 forms of the Chinese zodiac are related to animal worship.
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十二生肖是由十一种源于自然界的动物即鼠、牛、虎、兔、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪以及传说中的龙组成的，用于纪年。
The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac come from eleven kinds of animals originating in nature, namely the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, snake, horse, snake, monkey, rooster, dog and pig, as well as the legendary form of the dragon, and are used as a calendar
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很多人都会问，为什麽生肖的十二种动物裡没有猫呢？
A lot of people ask why the cat does not appear among the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.
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很多人都会问，生肖的十二种动物里为什么没有猫呢？
A lot of people ask why the cat does not appear among the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.
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每一个生肖的背后都有着数不尽的成语、谚语和故事。
Behind every animal on the Chinese zodiac lies an array of proverbs, sayings and stories.
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江枫的仆人雇了十二生肖杀江枫，他们伏击了江枫和江枫的妻子月奴。
Jiang Feng's servant hired the "Twelve Zodiacs" to kill him. They ambushed him and his wife Yuenu.
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江枫逃跑了，后来月奴生了两个儿子，但是他们中了十二生肖的埋伏，两个移花宫的公主突然来了，她们逼月奴自杀，不久后江枫也自杀了。
Jiang Feng escaped and afterwards Yuenu gave birth to two boys, but the 12 zodiacs had been lying in wait and ambushed them. Suddenly two princesses from Yihua Palace appeared. They made Yuenu kill herself, and shortly after, Jiang Feng committed suicide.
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生肖文化深深植根于人们的日常生活和语言文化中。
The culture of the Chinese zodiac is deeply rooted in people's lives, language and literature.