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Posted on: Chinese Mythological Creatures
June 6, 2011 at 2:39 AM

You mean it's related to the Money Cat?

Posted on: Studying Chinese
June 5, 2011 at 5:31 PM

A'ight is a very Southern (U.S.) way of saying alright (or all right). :)

Posted on: Chinese Mythological Creatures
June 5, 2011 at 4:22 AM

啊， 不用谢！是真有意思的！

Posted on: Chinese Mythological Creatures
June 5, 2011 at 4:20 AM

Hmm...the Dragon's Nine Sons weren't mentioned (well I guess the Tāotiè gets to represent the family). I saw giant lanterns of the dragon's sons at Mid-Autumn Festival and my friend told me about them.

http://baike.baidu.com/view/3445.html?fromTaglist

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BE%99%E7%94%9F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AD%90

Posted on: Chinese Mythological Creatures
June 5, 2011 at 4:12 AM

饕餮 (tāotiè) - The Fifth of the Dragon's Nine Sons

Posted on: Chinese Mythological Creatures
June 5, 2011 at 4:01 AM

貔貅: Píxiū or 辟邪: Bìxié

Posted on: Chinese Mythological Creatures
June 5, 2011 at 3:47 AM

Some more vocab:

瑞兽 (ruìshòu) - auspicious animal

吉祥 (jí​xiáng) - lucky, auspicious

吉祥物 (jí​xiáng​wù) - mascot

饕餮大餐 (tāo​tiè​dà​cān) - sumptuous banquet

贪婪 (tān​lán) - greedy

Posted on: Chinese Mythological Creatures
June 5, 2011 at 3:47 AM

麒麟 - Qílín

Posted on: Chinese Mythological Creatures
June 5, 2011 at 3:41 AM

凤凰 （Fènghuáng) - Phoenix 

a.k.a. 白鸟之王 (báiniǎozhīwáng)

From: http://hi.baidu.com/kaqiusha70/blog/item/97e0e7802è838d3bc3ēeca.html

Posted on: Chinese Mythological Creatures
June 5, 2011 at 3:24 AM

四神兽 (si4shen2shou4)

青龙 (Qīnglóng) - Green Dragon - East (东) and Spring (春天)

白虎 (Báihǔ) - White Tiger - West (西) and Autumn (秋天)

朱雀 (Zhūquè)- Vermillion Bird - South (南) and Summer (夏天)

玄武 (Xuánwǔ) - Black Tortoise - North (北) and Winter (冬天)

A lot of the internet also seems to call these the 四灵兽 (si4ling2shou4).