十二生肖 the twelve Chinese zodiac signs

　　本命年 one’s year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches

　　寓言 fable

　　传说 legend

　　神话 mythology

　　古为今用，洋为中用 make the past serve the present and the foreign serve china

　　赋诗 inscribe a poem

　　对对联 matching an antithetical couplet

　　阳历 solar calendar

　　公历 Gregorian calendar

　　阴历 lunar calendar

　　天干 heavenly stem

　　地支 earthly branch

　　闰年 leap year

　　二十四节气 the twenty-four solar terms