端五
Duān wǔ
Pinyin

Definition

端五
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Duān wǔ
  1. variant of 端午[Duān wǔ]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 five
  2. 2 5
kè hù duān
  1. 1 client (computing)
duān
  1. 1 end
  2. 2 extremity
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 port
  5. 5 to hold sth level with both hands
  6. 6 to carry
  7. 7 regular
èr bǎi wǔ
  1. 1 idiot
  2. 2 stupid person
  3. 3 a dope
wǔ yī
  1. 1 5-1 (May 1st)
wǔ shí
  1. 1 fifty
wǔ guān
  1. 1 five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
  2. 2 facial features
wǔ cǎi
  1. 1 five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
  2. 2 multicolored
wǔ xīng
  1. 1 the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
wǔ xīng jí
  1. 1 five-star (hotel)
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
Wǔ liáng yè
  1. 1 Wuliangye liquor
  2. 2 Five Grain liquor
wǔ huā ròu
  1. 1 pork belly
  2. 2 streaky pork
Wǔ jiǎo chǎng
  1. 1 Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
shí wǔ
  1. 1 fifteen
  2. 2 15
Xīng qī wǔ
  1. 1 Friday
jí duān
  1. 1 extreme
duān zhèng
  1. 1 upright
  2. 2 regular
  3. 3 proper
  4. 4 correct
dì wǔ
  1. 1 fifth
zhōng duān
  1. 1 end
  2. 2 terminal

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
  1. 1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
  2. 2 the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
不可端倪
bù kě duān ní
  1. 1 impossible to get even an outline (idiom)
  2. 2 unfathomable
  3. 3 not a clue
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
  1. 1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
  1. 1 with complex feelings (idiom)
五彩缤纷
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
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)
五色缤纷
wǔ sè bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
  1. 1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 pitch-dark (idiom)
四分五裂
sì fēn wǔ liè
  1. 1 all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)
  2. 2 complete lack of unity
  3. 3 to disintegrate
  4. 4 falling apart
  5. 5 to be at sixes and sevens
四体不勤,五谷不分
sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn
  1. 1 never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
如堕五里雾中
rú duò wǔ lǐ wù zhōng
  1. 1 as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
  2. 2 in a fog
  3. 3 muddled
  4. 4 completely unfamiliar with sth
学富五车
xué fù wǔ chē
  1. 1 of great erudition and scholarship (idiom)

Sample Sentences

首先,“端”的意思就是“初”,所以五月初五也可以叫做五月端五,然后呢,按照地支的顺序推算,五月就是“午月”,五日就是“午日”,“端五就成了“端午"了。
shǒuxiān ,“duān ”de yìsi jiùshì “chū ”,suǒyǐ wǔyuè chūwǔ yě kěyǐ jiàozuò wǔyuè duānwǔ ,ránhòu ne ,ànzhào dezhī de shùnxù tuīsuàn ,wǔyuè jiùshì “wǔ yuè ”,wǔ rì jiùshì “wǔ rì ”,“duānwǔ jiù chéng le “duānwǔ "le 。
First of all, "Duan" means "initial" or "start", so instead of saying the fifth day of the fifth lunar month using the customary phrase "五月初五", you can substitute "初" with "端" to give you "五月端五", and then, according to the order of the 12 earthly branches, May is referred to as "午月", while the fifth day of a month is referred to as "午日", which is how Duanwu Festival became Duanwu Festival.
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