Keyword
to respect
- to revere
- respectfully
- 3rd terrestrial branch
- Frequency
- #3859
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
yín
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Used in vocabulary
寅
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
文在寅
Moon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from 2017
唐寅
Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
寅时
3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
寅吃卯粮
lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check; live now, pay later
戊寅
fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058
甲寅
51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
丙寅
third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
壬寅
thirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022
庚寅
twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
寅虎
Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
子丑寅卯
(idiom) a full and coherent account of a matter; the complete facts of the case; the whole story