Re: USAGE: writing the date in Chinese

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Eugene Oh <un.doing@...> wrote:
> Nope, there is no straightforward way to combine all the different notations
> for the year, though you will see those names on calendars separated by
> spaces.
Thanks.

> However, "earth rat" or "fire rabbit" etc. are not written, because
> they are indicated by the more elegant wùzǐ, dīngmǎo etc. Chinese are
> expected to know the correspondences.
Sure; I just did that as an example in the English.  I imagine that
doing so in Chinese would be something like putting "Taurus" next to
"May" on a Western calendar.. although I gather that the terrestrial
branches are even more closely associated with the corresponding
animal totem than tha.  Not sure about the stems and their elements
and yin/yang associations...

Thanks again!

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>