Dictionary/生肖

生肖

生肖 shēng xiào

ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
NTOCFL L4
1animal from the Chinese zodiac
2one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支

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shí十èr二shēng xiào生肖lǐ里méi yǒu没有māo猫de的yuán yīn原因hěn很jiǎn dān简单。
十二生肖里没有猫的原因很简单。
The reason the cat is not included in the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac is very simple.
生肖文化深深植根于人们的日常生活和语言文化中。
The culture of the Chinese zodiac is deeply rooted in people's lives, language and literature.
从根本上说,十二生肖的形成,与动物崇拜有关。
On a fundamental level, the 12 forms of the Chinese zodiac are related to animal worship.