本命年 one’s year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches
寓言 fable
傳說 legend
神話 mythology
古為今用,洋為中用 make the past serve the present and the foreign serve china
賦詩 inscribe a poem
對對聯(lián) matching an antithetical couplet
陽歷 solar calendar
公歷 Gregorian calendar
陰歷 lunar calendar
天干 heavenly stem
地支 earthly branch
閏年 leap year
二十四節(jié)氣 the twenty-four solar terms