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日历 rì lì calendar / CL:張|张[zhang1],本[ben3]
行事历 xíng shì lì calendar / schedule
年历 nián lì calendar / diary
阳历 yáng lì solar calendar / Western (Gregorian) calendar
历法 lì fǎ variant of 曆法|历法 / calendar
月份牌 yuè fèn pái calendar (esp. illustrated)
民国 Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 / is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
农历 nóng lì the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar
月历 yuè lì monthly calendar
西元 xī yuán (Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
元宵节 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
挂历 guà lì wall calendar
万年历 wàn nián lì perpetual calendar / ten thousand year calendar / Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁
公历 gōng lì Gregorian calendar / solar calendar
小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn
纪元 jì yuán calendar era / epoch
初秋 chū qiū early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar
阴历 yīn lì lunar calendar
地支 dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
天干 tiān gān the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
纪年 jì nián to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle
仲秋 zhòng qiū second month of autumn / 8th month of the lunar calendar
闰月 rùn yuè intercalary month in the lunar calendar / leap month
旧历 jiù lì old calendar / the Chinese lunar calendar / same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4]
西历 xī lì Gregorian calendar / Western calendar
夏历 xià lì the traditional Chinese lunar calendar
腊八粥 là bā zhōu Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
虚岁 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) &ndash / In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
新历 xīn lì Gregorian calendar / solar calendar
校历 xiào lì school calendar
古尔邦节 Gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
逢 féng to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon
闰 rùn intercalary / an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
格列高利历 Gé liè gāo lì lì Gregorian calendar
厤 lì to calculate / the calendar
十二地支 shí èr dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 / (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
十二支 shí èr zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 / (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
十天干 shí tiān gān the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
十干 shí gān same as 天干 / the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 / (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
大明历 Dà míng lì the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之
星历 xīng lì astronomic calendar
正月初一 zhēng yuè chū yī New Year's Day in the lunar calendar
旧皇历 jiù huáng li old calendar / out-of-date customs
酸奶节 Suān nǎi jié Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
雪顿 Xuě dùn Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
雪顿节 Xuě dùn jié Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
日历年 rì lì nián calendar year
日历日 rì lì rì calendar day
希吉拉历 xī jí lā lì Hegira Calendar / Islamic calendar
伊斯兰教历  Hegira Calendar / Islamic calendar
正朔 zhēng shuò first day of the first lunar month / (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
活动看板 huó dòng kàn bǎn calendar of events
尼散月 Ní sàn yuè Nisan, the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar
四分历 sì fēn lì "quarter remainder" calendar, the first calculated Chinese calendar, dating from c. 484 BC
历数 lì shù (literary) movements of celestial bodies / destiny / calendar system
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