A Chinese-English dictionary / by Herbert Allen Giles.

  • Herbert Giles
Date:
1912
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Credit: A Chinese-English dictionary / by Herbert Allen Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Spring begins Rain water Excited insects Vernal equinox Clear and bright Grain rains Summer begins Grain fills Grain in ear Summer solstice Slight heat Great heat Autumn begins Limit of heat White dew Autumnal equinox Cold dew Hoar frost descends Winter begins Little snow Heavy snow Winter solstice Little cold Severe cold Aquarius Pisces ” Aries ” Taurus n Gemini w Cancer » Leo ” Virgo ” Libra » Scorpio ” Sagittarius ” Capricorn n Aquarius February ” March ” April ” ®May n June ” July ” August ” September October ” November ” December .，， January 5 19 5 20 5 20 5 21 6 21 7 23 7 23 8 23 8 23 7 Li ch‘un Yu shui Ching chih Ch'un fen Ch‘ing ming Kii yu Li.hsia Hsiao man Mang chung Hsia chih Hsiao shu Ta shu Li ch‘iu Ch‘u shu Pai lu Ch‘iu fen Han lu Shuang chiang Li tung Hsiao hsiieh Ta hsueh Tung chih Hsiao han Ta hr*? (万〉一THE CHINESE STELLAR DIVISIONS WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING ELEMENTS AND ANIMALS, AND THEIR DETERMINING ASTERISMS, WITH LONGITUDE IN a,d. 1800. No. Sign. Element. Animal. Constellation. Longitude. 1 角 chio wood 蛟 Hornless Dragon Spica; O, < Virgo x> 201 3 0 1 2 % L‘ang metal 龍 Dragon ‘，K, A, P Virgo 211 42 i 1 3 氏 « earth 貉 Badger cty (3, y, 1 Libra 222 17 35 4 房 fang sun 焭 Hare 在，？r, v Scorpio 240 8 48 5 hsin moon 狐 Fox Antares; cr, r bcorpio 245 0 25 6 尾 wei fire 虎 Tiger 好，户，白，名，x，入，v Scorpio 253 27 [% ] - V.—THE CALENDAR. ⑷一THE TWENTY-FOUR SOLAR TERMS. Approximate Dates. The Solar Terms. Zodiacal position of Sun. 春水蟄分明雨夏滿種至暑暑秋暑露分露降冬雪雪至寒寒 立雨驚春淸穀立小笆夏小大立處白秋寒霜立小大冬小大
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