生肖
shēng xiào
Pinyin

Definition

生肖
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shēng xiào
  1. one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
  2. animal from the Chinese zodiac

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
女生
nu:3 shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
学生
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
生
shēng
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to give birth
  3. 3 life
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 raw
  6. 6 uncooked
  7. 7 student
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
生日
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
发生
fā shēng
  1. 1 to happen
  2. 2 to occur
  3. 3 to take place
  4. 4 to break out
一生
yī shēng
  1. 1 all one's life
  2. 2 throughout one's life
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
今生
jīn shēng
  1. 1 this life
来生
lái shēng
  1. 1 next life
再生
zài shēng
  1. 1 to be reborn
  2. 2 to regenerate
  3. 3 to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person)
  4. 4 recycling
  5. 5 regeneration
出生
chū shēng
  1. 1 to be born
大学生
dà xué shēng
  1. 1 university student
  2. 2 college student
天生
tiān shēng
  1. 1 nature
  2. 2 disposition
  3. 3 innate
  4. 4 natural
学生会
xué sheng huì
  1. 1 student union
学生证
xué sheng zhèng
  1. 1 student identity card

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
了无生趣
liǎo wú shēng qù
  1. 1 to lose all interest in life (idiom)
人生一世，草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
  1. 1 life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生盛衰
rén shēng shèng shuāi
  1. 1 life has its ups and downs (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
  1. 1 from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
  2. 2 brave
  3. 3 willing to risk life and limb
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
劫后余生
jié hòu yú shēng
  1. 1 after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我们常常在起名时营造符合生肖的生活环境，借此预示宝宝生活舒适，顺风顺水。比如生肖为兔、马、羊、牛的这些生肖，则起名用“茵”“草”“荫”等和草地相关的字。
wǒmen chángcháng zài qǐmíng shí yíngzào fúhé shēngxiào de shēnghuó huánjìng ，jiècǐ yùshì bǎobao shēnghuó shūshì ，shùnfēng shùnshuǐ 。bǐrú shēngxiào wèi tù 、mǎ 、yáng 、niú de zhèxiē shēngxiào ，zé qǐmíng yòng “yīn ”“cǎo ”“yìn ”děng hé cǎodì xiāngguān de zì 。
When choosing a name we often use a character that fits with the habitat of the animals of the zodiac, which is used to predict that the baby will have a comfortable life and that things will go well for him or her. For example, with zodiac animals like the rabbit, the horse, the goat and the ox, you get names with characters with the grass radical on the top, like "茵", meaning "mattress", "草", meaning "grass" and "荫" meaning "shade".
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其次按照生肖来起名，十二生肖为，鼠牛虎兔龙蛇马羊猴鸡狗猪，里面有生活在森林草地的动物，有生活在山岩峭壁的动物。
qícì ànzhào shēngxiào lái qǐmíng ，shí èr shēngxiào wèi ，shǔ niú hǔ tù lóng shé mǎ yáng hóu jī gǒu zhū ，lǐmiàn yǒu shēnghuó zài sēnlín cǎodì de dòngwù ，yǒu shēnghuó zài shānyán qiàobì de dòngwù 。
Then you name them using the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. The twelve animals are, the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig. Among them all there are those that live in the forest, those that live in the meadows and those that live in among the mountains.
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我们应该交换生肖，我属鸡，你属猴。
wǒmen yīnggāi jiāohuàn shēngxiào ，wǒ shǔ jī ，nǐ shǔ hóu 。
We should swap our Chinese zodiac signs. I'll be a rooster and you can be a monkey.
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十二生肖
shí èr shēngxiào
The 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.
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我是属老鼠。我是第一个生肖，排在最前面的。
wǒ shì shǔ lǎoshǔ 。wǒ shì dì yī ge shēngxiào ，pái zài zuì qiánmian de 。
I'm a mouse. I'm the first animal sign at the very front.
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生肖好，宝宝的命就好嘛。
shēngxiào hǎo ，bǎobao de mìng jiù hǎo ma 。
If he's born under a lucky sign, the baby's life will be good.
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有些生肖就是不吉利，比如羊啊、牛啊。
yǒu xiē shēngxiào jiùshì bù jílì ，bǐrú yáng a 、niú a 。
Some zodiac signs are not auspicious, like the ram and the bull.
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大家都喜欢的生肖才不好呢。
dàjiā dōu xǐhuan de shēngxiào cái bù hǎo ne 。
The popular zodiac signs are actually the worst.
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