‘六月’ literally means ‘six month’ and is the

‘八成’ literally means ‘eight parts out of ten

‘Bā guà’ (Eight Trigrams) refers to a foundati

‘八点’ literally combines the numeral ‘八’ (b

‘Bā yuè’ means ‘August’, the eighth month of

八个 (bā gè) means 'eight' followed by the gener

先后 (xiān hòu) literally combines 先 (‘first’

先前 is an adverb meaning 'previously' or 'earlier

‘今朝’ literally combines 今 (jīn, 'now' or 'th

‘什么时候’ literally combines ‘shén me’ (what

天亮 literally means 'sky brightens' — 天 (tiān)

'Wǔ jiǎo xīng' literally means 'five-angle star

'Wǔ suì' literally combines the numeral 五 (wǔ,

五十 (wǔ shí) is the Chinese numeral for 'fifty'

‘五月’ literally means ‘five month’ and is the

‘Sān jiǔ’ (三九) refers to the coldest period

'九岁' (jiǔ suì) literally combines the numeral

'九点' literally combines the numeral 九 (jiǔ, 'n

‘九月’ literally means ‘nine month’ and is the

'七点' (qī diǎn) literally combines the numeral

‘七岁’ literally means ‘seven years’ and funct

七天 literally means 'seven days' and functions as

‘七月’ literally means ‘seven month’ and is th

四季 literally means 'four seasons' and refers col

夏天 (xià tiān) literally means 'summer day' but

每天 (měi tiān) literally combines 每 (měi), me

‘明天’ literally combines ‘明’ (bright, clear)

'Today' is a compound noun formed from two charact

过去 (guò qù) primarily means 'the past' as a no

现代 (xiàn dài) literally means 'present generat

'现在' (xiàn zài) literally combines 现 (xiàn),

二百 (èr bǎi) is a numeral meaning 'two hundred'

第二 (dì èr) is the Chinese ordinal numeral mean

‘二人’ literally combines the numeral ‘二’ (è

‘二月’ (èr yuè) is the Chinese name for the se

二十 (èr shí) is the Chinese numeral for 'twenty

‘公里’ (gōng lǐ) is the standard Chinese unit

‘三岁’ literally combines the numeral ‘三’ (s

Three days (sān tiān) is a compound noun formed

‘三月’ literally means ‘three month’ and is th