十二生肖

shí'èrshēngxiào

the twelve Chinese zodiac signs

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十二生肖裡没有猫的原因很简单。

The reason the cat is not included in the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac is very simple.

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从根本上说,十二生肖的形成,与动物崇拜有关。

On a fundamental level, the 12 forms of the Chinese zodiac are related to animal worship.

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江枫的仆人雇了十二生肖杀江枫,他们伏击了江枫和江枫的妻子月奴。

Jiang Feng's servant hired the "Twelve Zodiacs" to kill him. They ambushed him and his wife Yuenu.

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十二生肖是由十一种源于自然界的动物即鼠、牛、虎、兔、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪以及传说中的龙组成的,用于纪年。

The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac come from eleven kinds of animals originating in nature, namely the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig, as well as the legendary form of the dragon, and are used as a calendar.

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