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生肖

shēng xiào

2-character word

What 生肖 means

1. one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches {地支|dì zhī}
2. animal from the Chinese zodiac

The characters in 生肖

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 肖xiàosimilar; resembling; to resemble

Example sentences

• 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.
• 生肖的十二种动物里没有猫的原因很简单。
  Shēngxiào de shí'èr zhǒng dòngwù lǐ méiyǒu māo de yuányīn hěn jiǎndān.
  The reason the cat is not included in the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac is very simple.
• 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.
• 生肖文化深深植根于人们的日常生活和语言文化中。
  Shēngxiào wénhuà shēnshēn zhígēnyú rénmen de rìcháng shēnghuó hé yǔyán wénhuà zhōng.
  The culture of the Chinese zodiac is deeply rooted in people's lives, language and literature.
• 很多人都会问，为什么生肖的十二种动物里没有猫呢？
  Hěn duō rén dōu huì wèn, wèishénme shēngxiào de shí'èr zhǒng dòngwù lǐ méiyǒu māo ne?
  A lot of people ask why the cat does not appear among the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.
• 每一个生肖的背后都有着数不尽的成语、谚语和故事。
  Měi yī gè shēngxiào de bèihòu dōu yǒuzhe shǔbujìn de chéngyǔ, yànyǔ hé gùshi.
  Behind every animal on the Chinese zodiac lies an array of proverbs, sayings and stories.

Words starting with 生肖

• 生肖属相shēng xiào shǔ xiàngbirth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)

Sounds the same

Read shēng xiào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 生效(of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect…
• 声效sound effect