满月
mǎn yuè
Pinyin

Definition

满月
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mǎn yuè
  1. full moon
  2. whole month
  3. baby's one-month old birthday

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

哎，我有个好主意。我们做个周岁成长影集，选有意义的照片，比如满月、一百天、六个月、长牙的照片等等，到周岁那天再去拍两张照片，把这些照片放在一起制作一个影集。
āi ，wǒ yǒu gè hǎo zhǔyi 。wǒmen zuò gè zhōusuì chéngzhǎng yǐngjí ，xuǎn yǒuyìyì de zhàopiàn ，bǐrú mǎnyuè 、yībǎi tiān 、liù gè yuè 、zhǎng yá de zhàopiàn děngdeng ，dào zhōusuì nà tiān zài qù pāi liǎng zhāng zhàopiàn ，bǎ zhèxiē zhàopiàn fàng zàiyīqǐ zhìzuò yī gè yǐngjí 。
Oh! I have an idea. We could make a photo album for his first birthday and choose significant photos, like when he was a month old, one hundred days, six months and when he got his teeth, up until his first birthday when we'd take some pictures and put them altogether in the album.
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这是满月的时候拍的。
zhè shì mǎnyuè de shíhou pāi de 。
This was taken when my baby turned one month old.
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唉，你快梳洗一下。过会儿不是去吃满月酒吗？
ái ，nǐ kuài shūxǐ yīxià 。guò huǐr bùshì qù chī mǎnyuèjiǔ ma ？
Oh, hurry up and get ready. We have to go to that baby's one-month celebration dinner in a little while, no?
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嗯，她上个月生了个女宝宝，现在满月了。
ng4 ，tā shàng ge yuè shēng le ge nǚ bǎobao ，xiànzài mǎnyuè le 。
Yeah. She had a baby girl last month, so it's been a month now.
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满月酒一来是庆祝宝宝满月，二来是答谢亲朋好友，让大家看看小宝宝。所以，有些在生孩子时给过礼金的就一定要请的。
mǎnyuèjiǔ yīlái shì qìngzhù bǎobao mǎnyuè ，èrlái shì dáxiè qīnpénghǎoyǒu ，ràng dàjiā kàn kan xiǎobǎobao 。suǒyǐ ，yǒuxiē zài shēng háizi shí gěi guo lǐjīn de jiù yīdìng yào qǐng de 。
For one, the one-month celebration dinner is to celebrate the baby's first month, and second to thank friends and family and let them see the baby. Because of that, you definitely have to treat the people who gave money when the baby was born.
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那肯定的咯！给来给去的都是人情债嘛。不过今天客人应该不会太多。因为满月酒一般排场不大，也就两三桌吧。
nà kěndìng de lo ！gěiláigěiqù de dōu shì rénqíng zhài ma 。bùguò jīntiān kèrén yīnggāi bùhuì tài duō 。yīnwèi mǎnyuèjiǔ yībān páichǎng bù dà ，yě jiù liǎng sān zhuō ba 。
Yeah, definitely. Giving and receiving, it's all a part of obligation. There shouldn't be very many guests today though. Usually the one-month celebration isn't very extravagant, just 2 or 3 tables.
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还好，已经满月了，晚上也不怎么哭了。
hái hǎo ，yǐjīng mǎnyuè le ，wǎnshang yě bù zěnme kū le 。
It’s not so bad. He’s already a month. He doesn’t cry much at night anymore.
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