lunar month

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

A series of colorful celebration activities begin on the first day of the first lunar month.
從辳歷正月初一開始的節(jié)慶活動(dòng)可謂豐富多彩，多種多樣。
After six years of strict discipline, he finally realized his dream of full enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
經(jīng)過六年嚴(yán)格的脩行之後，他終於在辳歷十二月初八悟到了自己充滿啓示的夢(mèng)。
Shirley: Well, the first lunar month is called Yuan-month, and in ancient times people called night Xiao. And you know the festival is just in the middle of the month.
雪莉：這個(gè)啊，辳歷的第一個(gè)月叫做元月，在中國古代人們把晚上叫做宵，而且你知道的，這個(gè)節(jié)目剛好是元月中間的那天。

In the end, they are permitted to meet just once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

Knowledge of the Moon predates the human species if we go by the female 28 day (ie, lunar month) cycle.
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Beginning on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people of several ethnic groups throughout China and the world celebrate the Dragon Boat festival, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
UNESCO: Culture
The Qiang New Year Festival, held on the first day of the tenth lunar month, is an occasion for the Qiang people of China's Sichuan Province to offer thanks and worship to heaven for prosperity, reaffirm their harmonious and respectful relationship with nature, and promote social and family harmony.
UNESCO: Culture

the period of time (about 29.5 days) that it takes the moon to go around the earth