用英语介绍十二生肖- Chinese zodiac signs | 含英文朗读音频
每日英文语录 2025年01月14日 21:47
出自《用英语介绍中国》高频100话题 双语含音频
Shengxiao, better known as Chinese Zodiac signs in English, is a scheme, which uses Twelve Earthly Branches and 12 animals to symbolize the year when a person is born. The cycle of the Chinese Zodiac signs is every 12 years.
生肖，英文也叫十二生肖，是以十二地支与象征人的出生年份的十二种动物相匹配的循环图。十二生肖每十二年一循环。
The twelve Zodiac signs are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. In Chinese astrology, the animal signs represent what others perceive you as being or how you present yourself.
十二生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。在中国的星相学里，生肖代表着不同性格的人。
Chinese Zodiac years of birth are known as Ben Ming Nian in Chinese, in which people usually wear something red like to avoid bad luck during this year, such as socks, a ribbon, clothes, underwear, a waistband or a bracelet and the likes.
生肖年也叫本命年，人们通常在这一年穿戴一些红色物品来祈求好运，如红袜子、红丝带、红色衣服、红内衣、红腰带、红手镯等。
