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Meaning of 寅

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寅
Pinyin: yín
English Definition: 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
Chinese Definition:
①地支的第三位,属虎:寅吃卯粮(喻入不敷出)。
②用于计时:寅时(夜三点至五点)。
③敬:寅钱(恭敬地送)。寅畏(敬畏)。
Total strokes: 11; Radical: 宀
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 宀 [gàimian2] roof; house
    • ⿱ Above to below
      • ⿱ Above to below
      • 八 [ bā ] eight; all around, all sides
Similar Characters: 宣 貞
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Example Words
寅吃卯粮 yín chī mǎo liáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check; live now, pay later
寅时 yín shí 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
唐寅 táng yín 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
寅虎 yín hǔ Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
甲寅 jiǎ yín 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
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Example Sentences
1
长舌联合会的同寅们编目录编累了
。
Long Tongue League's colleagues are fatigued with cataloguing.
2
球迷寅
:
谁是影响你比赛的你的成长偶像
?
Andy: Antawn: who was your 'idol' or role model growing up that influenced your game?
3
但是
,
我认为
,
中国政府不应
(
鼓励
)
寅支卯粮
。
But I think the Chinese government should avoid [encouraging] today's progress at tomorrow's expense.
4
一位记者同寅同时向我认可
,
他的顶尖大学学位完全是假造的
。
A journalist colleague meanwhile admitted to me that his degree from atop university was entirely fictional.
5
同寅深信这套教材在语文学习和教学上能够发挥预期的效果
。
The outputs will be effective teaching aids in the teaching and learning of Chinese language.