月饼
yuè bǐng
Pinyin

Definition

月饼
 - 
yuè bǐng
  1. mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

月
yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]
岁月
suì yuè
  1. 1 years
  2. 2 time
一月
Yī yuè
  1. 1 January
  2. 2 first month (of the lunar year)
七月
Qī yuè
  1. 1 July
  2. 2 seventh month (of the lunar year)
三月
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
九月
Jiǔ yuè
  1. 1 September
  2. 2 ninth month (of the lunar year)
二月
Èr yuè
  1. 1 February
  2. 2 second month (of the lunar year)
五月
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
元月
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
八月
Bā yuè
  1. 1 August
  2. 2 eighth month (of the lunar year)
六月
Liù yuè
  1. 1 June
  2. 2 sixth month (of the lunar year)
十二月
Shí èr yuè
  1. 1 December
  2. 2 twelfth month (of the lunar year)
十月
Shí yuè
  1. 1 October
  2. 2 tenth month (of the lunar year)
四月
Sì yuè
  1. 1 April
  2. 2 fourth month (of the lunar year)
新月
xīn yuè
  1. 1 new moon
  2. 2 crescent
日月
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
明月
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]
月亮
yuè liang
  1. 1 the moon
月份
yuè fèn
  1. 1 month
月光
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

月饼？
yuèbǐng ？
Mooncake?
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月饼。
yuèbǐng 。
Mooncake.
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今天是中秋节，要吃月饼。你也吃一个吧。
jīntiān shì Zhōngqiū jié ，yào chī yuèbǐng 。nǐ yě chī yī ge ba 。
Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, so we have to eat mooncakes. You have one too.
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老板，中秋节马上要到了。要不要给员工买些月饼啊？
lǎobǎn ，Zhōngqiūjié mǎshàng yào dào le 。yào bu yào gěi yuángōng mǎi xiē yuèbǐng a ？
Boss, Mid-Autumn Festival will be here soon. Do you want to buy some mooncakes to give to the staff?
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现在还有公司发月饼吗？
xiànzài hái yǒu gōngsī fā yuèbǐng ma ？
Nowadays do companies still give out mooncakes?
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月饼有什么好吃的？我每年都要扔掉好多。
yuèbǐng yǒu shénme hǎochī de ？wǒ měinián dōu yào rēngdiào hǎo duō 。
What's so good about mooncakes? Every year I throw away lots of them.
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好不好吃是一回事，但是中秋节吃月饼是中国人的传统。
hǎo bu hǎochī shì yī huí shì ，dànshì Zhōngqiūjié chī yuèbǐng shì Zhōngguórén de chuántǒng 。
Whether or not they are any good is one thing, but eating mooncakes during Mid-Autumn Festival is a Chinese tradition.
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月饼多少钱一盒？
yuèbǐng duōshǎo qián yī hé ？
How much does a box of mooncakes cost?
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你别瞧不起人啊！我已经成功在情人节时顺路帮人送过花、中秋节时送过月饼。
nǐ bié qiáobuqǐ rén ā ！wǒ yǐjīng chénggōng zài qíngrénjié shí shùnlù bāng rén sòng guò huā 、zhōngqiūjié shí sòng guò yuèbǐng 。
Don't do me down! I've already delivered flowers on the way to school on Valentine's Day, and mooncakes on Mid-Autumn Festival.
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这倒也是。还没到过节，各种月饼的促销广告就已经铺天盖地，中秋节也成了各大商场的月饼大战，反而忽略了过节本身的意义。
zhè dào yě shì 。hái méidào guòjié ，gèzhǒng yuèbǐng de cùxiāo guǎnggào jiù yǐjīng pūtiāngàidì ，zhōngqiūjié yě chéng le gè dà shāngchǎng de yuèbǐng dàzhàn ，fǎnér hūlüè le guòjié běnshēn de yìyì 。
True...even before the festival, ads for different kinds of moon cakes are all over the place. Mid-Autumn Festival has also become a battlefield for malls selling moon-cakes, and in fact we've lost sight of the original meaning of the holiday.
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