an intercalary fourth month brings food shortages
trad. 閏四月，吃樹葉
Also written 閏四月，吃樹葉【rùn sì yuè , chī shù yè】
Characters in this word
6闰
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intercalary, an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
- Pinyin
- rùn
- Traditional
- 閏
- Strokes
- 7
四
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four, 4
- Pinyin
- sì
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1754 of 2500
月
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moon, month, monthly, CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- Pinyin
- yuè
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 325 of 2500
吃
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to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 of 2500
树
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tree, CL:棵[ke1], to cultivate, to set up
- Pinyin
- shù
- Traditional
- 樹
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2862 of 2500
叶
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to be in harmony
- Pinyin
- xié
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 8504 of 2500