三月
Sān yuè
Pinyin

Definition

三月
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Sān yuè
  1. March
  2. third month (of the lunar year)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
月
yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 轮 lún
一月
Yī yuè
  1. 1 January
  2. 2 first month (of the lunar year)
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哦，晓光教授啊，我们三月刚在新加坡见过过面，对于汉语本体语法是否适用于对外汉语教学还辩论了一番呢。
ò ，Xiǎoguāng jiàoshòu ā ，wǒmen sān yuè gāng zài Xīnjiāpō jiàn guò miàn ，duìyú hànyǔ běntǐ yǔfǎ shìfǒu shìyòng yú duìwài hànyǔ jiàoxué hái biànlùn le yīfān ne 。
Oh, I met Professor Ma, we met just recently in Singapore, we even debated over whether ontological grammar is suitable to apply to teaching Chinese as a foreign language.
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喔，三月底到四月初是白羊座的哦，因为是第一个星座，所以就像婴儿一样，有种原始性。
ō ，sān yuè dǐ dào sìyuè chū shì báiyángzuò de ò ，yīnwèi shì dì yī ge xīngzuò ，suǒyǐ jiù xiàng yīngér yīyàng ，yǒu zhǒng yuánshǐ xìng 。
Oh, the end of March and the start of April means you are Aries. Because it is the first horoscope, so, like an infant, you have a primal nature.
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老婆，你看新闻没，从三月一日起，上海“单独二胎”政策就开始实施了。
lǎopó ，nǐ kàn xīnwén méi ，cóng sānyuè yīrì qǐ ，Shànghǎi “dāndúèrtāi ”zhèngcè jiù kāishǐ shíshī le 。
Honey, did you see the news? From March 1st, Shanghai's “two children for only children” policy will start to be implemented.
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烟花三月下扬州。
yānhuā sān yuè xià Yángzhōu 。
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这是为了纪念一百多年前三月八日，纽约女工游行，为自己争取平等的工作待遇。久而久之，全世界很多国家的妇女都在这天举行类似的活动。1949年新中国一成立，政府就把三月八日定为妇女节，全国女性放假半天。在这一天还有各种庆祝和纪念活动呢。
zhè shì wèile jìniàn yībǎiduō nián qián sānyuè bārì ，Niǔyuē nǚgōng yóuxíng ，wèi zìjǐ zhēngqǔ píngděng de gōngzuò dàiyù 。jiǔérjiǔzhī ，quán shìjiè hěn duō guójiā de fùnǚ dōu zài zhè tiān jǔxíng lèisì de huódòng 。949 nián xīn Zhōngguó yī chénglì ，zhèngfǔ jiù bǎ sānyuè bārì dìng wéi fùnǚjié ，quánguó nǚxìng fàngjià bàn tiān 。zài zhè yī tiān hái yǒu gèzhǒng qìngzhù hé jìniàn huódòng ne 。
It’s to commemorate March 8th, over 100 years ago, when female workers marched in their quest for equal treatment in the workforce. Over time, many women of countries all around the world would hold similar activities on this day. In 1949, as soon as China’s new government was established, it declared March 8th to be Women’s Day. All women in the country get a half-day holiday. On this day there are also all kinds of celebrations and commemorative activities.
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我从来没听说过这个节日。为什么三月八号是妇女节啊？
wǒ cónglái méi tīngshuō guo zhège jiérì 。wèishénme sānyuè bā hào shì fùnǚjié ā ？
I have never heard of that holiday. Why is March 8th the International Women’s Day?
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