满月 (滿月)
mǎn yuè
Pinyin

Definition

满月 (滿月)
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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 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 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)

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)

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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