十二生肖英文

3. The Chinese zodiac animal signs are the Chinese way of numbering the years. It attributes an animal to each year, according to a 12-year cycle. Since ancient times, the Chinese people began to use the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches to record the passing of years. At this same time, Chinese nomadic people who lived in northwest china instead used animals to number the years. The two ways of numbering the years were smoothly integrated, and the Chinese zodiac took shape. The 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac are: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. The meaning of the symbolic animal of the birth year is that it can make people magnanimous and be of one mind in times of difficulty. Even though the Chinese people now number the years and their age under the Gregorian calendar, they still continue to use the symbolic animals. As long as people know a person's probable age and his symbolic animal, people can infer his exact age and year of birth.

十二生肖是中国用十二种动物所组成的纪年方法。我国自古就有"干支纪年法"，而我国西北地区游牧的少数民族则以动物记年，两种记年法相互融合，形成了现在的十二生肖，即：子鼠、丑牛、寅虎、卯兔、辰龙、巳蛇、午马、未羊、申猴、酉鸡、戌狗、亥猪。属相的基本意义在于使人们圆融通达、和衷共济。现在，中国人在用公历纪年和计算年龄的同时，仍然习惯用属相纪年和推算年龄。

4. The Rat (子) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Rat is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 子. Year of the Rat is the leap year.

大鼠（子）是出现在与中国日历相关的中国十二生肖的12年周期的动物之一。鼠的年份与地球分支符号子相关联。大鼠年是闰年。

5. Ranking the first in the Chinese zodiac, rat represents wisdom. Personality traits for the people born in the year of the Rat are intelligent, charming, quick-witted, practical, ambitious, and good at economizing as well as social activities. The weaknesses are that the Rats are likely to be timid, stubborn, wordy, greedy, devious, too eager for power and love to gossip.

排名第一在中国十二生肖，大鼠代表智慧。在大鼠一年出生的人的性格特征是聪明的，迷人的，机智的，实际的，雄心勃勃的，善于节约和社会活动。弱点是，大鼠可能是胆小，固执，冗长，贪婪，迂回，太渴望力量和爱八卦。

6. The Rat person born in the morning can play their perceptual ability well. The shortcoming is lack of perseverance. Once meeting difficulties, they are likely to stop. The Rat person born at noon is usually fond of adventure. While they don’t act rashly but always leave a way open for the future. So they are likely to live a stable life during their lifetime.

The Rat people born in the evening usually have an arrogant disposition. Once get a little success, they are easy to show as if nobody on earth could beat him. This personality makes them many enemies and brings many difficulties in their career.早上出生的老鼠可以很好地发挥他们的感知能力。缺点是缺乏坚持。一旦遇到困难，他们很可能会停止

大鼠在中午出生通常喜欢冒险。虽然他们不采取轻率行动，但总是给未来留下一个开放的方式。所以他们可能在他们的一生中生活一个稳定的生活。

在晚上出生的老鼠通常有一个傲慢的性情。一旦得到一点成功，他们很容易显示，好像没有