腊月
Là yuè
Pinyin

Definition

腊月
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Là yuè
  1. twelfth lunar month

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]
suì yuè
  1. 1 years
  2. 2 time
Yī yuè
  1. 1 January
  2. 2 first month (of the lunar year)
Qī yuè
  1. 1 July
  2. 2 seventh month (of the lunar year)
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
Jiǔ yuè
  1. 1 September
  2. 2 ninth month (of the lunar year)
Èr yuè
  1. 1 February
  2. 2 second month (of the lunar year)
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
Bā yuè
  1. 1 August
  2. 2 eighth month (of the lunar year)
Liù yuè
  1. 1 June
  2. 2 sixth month (of the lunar year)
Shí èr yuè
  1. 1 December
  2. 2 twelfth month (of the lunar year)
Shí yuè
  1. 1 October
  2. 2 tenth month (of the lunar year)
Sì yuè
  1. 1 April
  2. 2 fourth month (of the lunar year)
xīn yuè
  1. 1 new moon
  2. 2 crescent
rì yuè
  1. 1 the sun and moon
  2. 2 day and month
  3. 3 every day and every month
  4. 4 season
  5. 5 life and livelihood
míng yuè
  1. 1 bright moon
  2. 2 refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark
  3. 3 CL:輪|轮[lún]
yuè liang
  1. 1 the moon
yuè fèn
  1. 1 month
yuè guāng
  1. 1 moonlight

Idioms (20)

九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
光风霁月
guāng fēng jì yuè
  1. 1 lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)
  2. 2 period of peace and prosperity
  3. 3 noble and benevolent character
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 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
  2. 2 flawless person
成年累月
chéng nián lěi yuè
  1. 1 year in, year out (idiom)
日新月异
rì xīn yuè yì
  1. 1 daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
  2. 2 every day sees new developments
  3. 3 rapid progress
日月如梭
rì yuè rú suō
  1. 1 the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
旬输月送
xún shū yuè sòng
  1. 1 pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands
月下花前
yuè xià huā qián
  1. 1 lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. romantic surroundings
岁月如梭
suì yuè rú suō
  1. 1 time flies (idiom)
岁月流逝
suì yuè liú shì
  1. 1 as time goes by (idiom)
水中捞月
shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè
  1. 1 lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)
  2. 2 a hopeless endeavor
流星赶月
liú xīng gǎn yuè
  1. 1 lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
  2. 2 swift action (idiom)
清风明月
qīng fēng míng yuè
  1. 1 lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peaceful and clear night
  3. 3 (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
烘云托月
hōng yún tuō yuè
  1. 1 lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil
  2. 2 a contrasting character to a main hero
烟花风月
yān huā fēng yuè
  1. 1 refers to lovemaking (idiom)
众星捧月
zhòng xīng pěng yuè
  1. 1 lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  2. 2 to group around a revered leader
  3. 3 to revolve around sb
积年累月
jī nián lěi yuè
  1. 1 year in, year out (idiom)
  2. 2 (over) many years
花好月圆
huā hǎo yuè yuán
  1. 1 lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful
  2. 2 perfect happiness
  3. 3 conjugal bliss
花容月貌
huā róng yuè mào
  1. 1 lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) beautiful

Sample Sentences

难道个个都要像你一样,没到寒冬腊月,就裹上大衣?那以后下大雪,怎么办?你不会裹着棉被来上班吧?
nándào gègè dōu yào xiàng nǐ yīyàng ,méi dào hándōnglàyuè ,jiù guǒ shàng dàyī ?nà yǐhòu xià dàxuě ,zěnme bàn ?nǐ bùhuì guǒ zhe miánbèi lái shàngbān ba ?
You want everyone to be like you? It's not even the dead of winter and you're already wrapped up in your overcoat. When it really starts snowing later, what are you going to do? Come to work in wrapped in a quilt?