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猴年马月

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2016-01-19 13:40China Daily Editor: Yao Lan
Chinese characters of Hou Nian Ma Yue, or Horse month of the Monkey year. CHINA DAILY

Chinese characters of Hou Nian Ma Yue, or "Horse month of the Monkey year". CHINA DAILY

猴年马月

Horse month of the Monkey year,one of these years

Netizens on Chinese microblogging websites are all agog for the upcoming "Horse month of the Monkey year", a calendar occurrence so rare that the phrase is a commonly used slang to refer to a date in the unforeseeable future.

中国微博用户们正在热切盼望着"猴年马月"的到来.根据日历上的"猴年马月"比较罕见,因此这个词通常用来形容不可预知的未来日子.

"猴年马月"(Horse month of the Monkey year,one of these years)多被人们用来形容一件事遥遥无期.这个词的来历无从考据,不过有人称,这个词义多半源于方言的以讹传讹,最流行的说法认为,"猴年马月"是天津的"何年嘛月"谐音的变体.

不过,"猴年马月"也不是个等不到的日子.中国不仅有十二生肖纪年,还有十二生肖纪月.每年农历(lunar calendar)正月(the first month of the lunar year)到腊月(the 12th month of the lunar year)对应的属相依次是:虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪、鼠、牛,因此其实每年都有一个月是马月.

猴年12年一个轮回,马月是12个月一个轮回,"猴年马月"的周期是12年.而今年的6月5日至7月3日,就是传说中的"猴年马月"!

对此,不少网友感叹道,感觉很多等了很久的事,就要有结果了……

 

  

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