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Examples:Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)—double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month—Luoyang prefecture level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times—(old) shoes made of woven grass, padded with feathers—old habits are hard change (idiom); It is hard to throw off ingrained habits.—(may also refer other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc)—6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake—final month of winter (i.e. twelfth month of lunar calendar)—Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month—boat-dwelling people of Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian provinces (old)—1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December 5th January), year of the Rat—sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture)—traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth—honor old people as we do our own aged parents—Employment Stability Fee (Taiwan), a minimum monthly fee for employing foreign workers—the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month—the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month—the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month—the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month)—old Chinese name for Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India—replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited—(in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family—7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse—convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"—(old) visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)—fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)—fig. dip into the next month's check—an extra day or month inserted inthe lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)—pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands—have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)—old steed sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations—lit. be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die—thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)—Eid al-Azha Festival of sacrifice on tenth of twelfth month of Muslim lunar calendar—9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey—request permission to resign from an official position (old)—fig. those who spend their monthly income even before they earn their next salary (slang)—Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)—complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction—4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit—3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger—(lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month—11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog—treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously—Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar—Asakusa, district of Tokyo with an atmosphere of old Japan, famous for the 7th century Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji—lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague—different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only—one of the 64 trigrams of the Book of Changes (old)—8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep—2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January 3rd February), year of the Ox—the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)—woman hired take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth—final month of summer (i.e. sixth month of lunar calendar)—final month of spring (i.e. third month of lunar calendar)—squeezing the fingers between sticks (old form of torture)—(in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild—complete the month of confinement following childbirth—white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age)—advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old)—first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)—5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon—daily renewal, monthly change [idiom.]—the Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)—any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)—Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)—lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best [idiom.]— |