本命年
běn mìng nián
Pinyin

Definition

本命年
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běn mìng nián
  1. year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今年
jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
年
Nián
  1. 1 surname Nian
拜年
bài nián
  1. 1 to pay a New Year call
  2. 2 to wish sb a Happy New Year
新年
xīn nián
  1. 1 New Year
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
本
běn
  1. 1 root
  2. 2 stem
  3. 3 origin
  4. 4 source
  5. 5 this
  6. 6 the current
  7. 7 original
  8. 8 inherent
  9. 9 originally
  10. 10 classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
过年
guò nián
  1. 1 to celebrate the Chinese New Year
龙年
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
中年
zhōng nián
  1. 1 middle age
来年
lái nián
  1. 1 next year
  2. 2 the coming year
兔年
tù nián
  1. 1 Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
剧本
jù běn
  1. 1 script for play, opera, movie etc
  2. 2 screenplay
  3. 3 scenario
原本
yuán běn
  1. 1 originally
  2. 2 original
去年
qù nián
  1. 1 last year
命
mìng
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 order or command
  4. 4 to assign a name, title etc
命中
mìng zhòng
  1. 1 to hit (a target)
命运
mìng yùn
  1. 1 fate
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
基本
jī běn
  1. 1 basic
  2. 2 fundamental
  3. 3 main
  4. 4 elementary
基本上
jī běn shang
  1. 1 basically
  2. 2 on the whole
寿命
shòu mìng
  1. 1 life span
  2. 2 life expectancy
  3. 3 lifetime (of a machine)
宿命
sù mìng
  1. 1 predestination
  2. 2 karma

Idioms (20)

一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不终天年
bù zhōng tiān nián
  1. 1 to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
人寿年丰
rén shòu nián fēng
  1. 1 long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society
  2. 2 prosperity
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
勤俭为服务之本
qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn
  1. 1 hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
  1. 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
  1. 1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to meet one's end
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
嗜酒如命
shì jiǔ rú mìng
  1. 1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle

Sample Sentences

那我妈妈她就是属龙了，所以今年是她的本命年。
nà wǒ māma tā jiù shì shǔ lóng le ，suǒyǐ jīnnián shì tā de běnmìngnián 。
My mother is a dragon, so this year is the year of her animal cycle.
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Greg，你是属兔子的，是吧？所以你本命年的时候，你有没有穿红内裤？
Greg ，nǐ shì shǔ tùzi de ，shì ba ？suǒyǐ nǐ běnmìngnián de shíhou ，nǐ yǒumeiyǒu chuān hóng nèikù ？
Greg, you're a rabbit, right? So during your animal year, did you wear red underwear?
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但你今天穿了个红衣服，所以前面我还以为龙年是Greg，的本命年。
dàn nǐ jīntiān chuān le ge hóng yīfu ，suǒyǐ qiánmian wǒ hái yǐwéi lóng nián shì Greg ，de běnmìngnián 。
But you're wearing red clothing today so I thought that your animal year was the year of the dragon.
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难道今年是她的本命年？
nándào jīnnián shì tā de běnmìngnián ？
Do you think it's her zodiac birth year?
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也许吧。可是这太夸张了。我本命年的时候什么都没买。
yěxǔ ba 。kěshì zhè tài kuāzhāng le 。wǒ běnmìngnián de shíhou shénme dōu méi mǎi 。
Perhaps. But this is just too much. When it was my zodiac birth year, I didn't buy anything.
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去年是你的本命年？
qùnián shì nǐ de běnmìngnián ？
Last year was your zodiac birth year?
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