十二生肖

十shí二èr地de支配zhī pèi十shí二èr种zhǒng动物dòng wù：鼠shǔ牛niú虎hǔ兔tù、龙lóng蛇shé马mǎ羊yáng、猴hóu鸡jī狗gǒu猪zhū。

Twelve earthly branches paired with twelve animals: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig.

十shí二èr年nián一yì轮lún，每měi个人gè rén都dōu属shǔ一yí个gè生肖shēng xiào。

Twelve-year cycles, everyone belongs to one animal.

龙lóng是shì唯一wéi yī不bù存在cún zài真zhēn动物dòng wù的de生肖shēng xiào，但dàn它tā是shì中国人Zhōng guó rén最zuì看重kàn zhòng的de。

The dragon is the only unreal animal, and the most esteemed.

生肖shēng xiào不bù只是zhǐ shì年纪nián jì的de记号jì hao，过年guò nián的de时候shí hou谁shéi家jiā生shēng了le个gè龙lóng宝宝bǎo bao、蛇shé宝宝bǎo bao，宝宝bǎo bao的de脾气pí qi秉bǐng性xìng就jiù好像hǎo xiàng定dìng了le大半dà bàn。

Zodiac signs aren't just birthdays, they tell the whole family's temperament for a year.