龍年向來是十二生肖中最受重視的年份。
Chi is ohe earliest domesticated and raid animals by humans and cloly related to human life.
雞是人類最早馴化、蓄養的動物之一，與人類生活密切相關。
In e culture, the e character “chi” is similar to “lucky”, so to be given the lucky meaning by people.
雞由於同“吉”諧音，被人們賦予了吉祥的意義。
Pigs have been the symbol of wealth for people’s boast from the inal patriarchal society to the modern times.
從原始父係氏族社會到近代，豬一直是人們誇耀財富的標誌。
Our aors were actually a very pragmatic group of people. The twelve zodiaimals were designed in pairs to form six groups. They reprent the high expectations placed on all e by our aors.
中國人的祖先是很實在的，我們十二生肖兩兩相對，六道輪回，體現了我們祖先對中國人全部的期望和要求。
The first pair of animals sists of the rat and the bull. The rat reprents wisdom, while the bull reprents diligence. Wisdom and diligence must go hand in hand.
第一組是老鼠和牛。老鼠代表智慧，牛代表勤奮。智慧和勤奮一定要緊緊結合在一起。
The d bination is of the tiger and the rabbit. The tiger reprents bravery, while the rabbit reprents prudence. Bravery and prudence should also be joined so that we have ce without recklessness.
第二組是老虎和兔子。老虎代表勇猛，兔子代表謹慎。勇猛和謹慎一定要緊緊結合在一起，才能做到所謂的膽大心細。
The third pair sists of the dragon and the she dragon reprents strength, while the snake reprents flexibility.
第三組是龍和蛇。龍代表剛猛，蛇代表柔韌。
The bination is of the hor and the sheep. The hor reprents a valiant and resolute march toward a goal, while the sheep reprents the spirit of harmonious unanimity.
接下來是馬和羊。馬代表一往無前，直奔目標，羊代表和順。
The monkey reprents agility, while the rooster, as the one animal to annouhe start of each day siime immemorial, reprents stancy.
猴子代表靈活，至於雞呢，以前的年代沒有時鍾，都是聽雞鳴聲決定一天的開始，所以雞定時打鳴，代表恒定。
The dog reprents loyalty, while the pig reprents affability.
狗是代表忠誠，豬是代表隨和。
Let’s Talk！
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Susan: I heard this year is the year of the Rabbit. What does it mean?
蘇珊：我聽說今年是兔年。那是什麼意思？
Lin Hong: Well, do you know anything about e zodiac?
林紅：嗯。你知道中國的十二生肖嗎？
Susan: Is it a kind of dar to date years?
蘇珊：它是不是一種紀年的曆法？
Lin Hong: That’s right! You know, e have a cyclical cept of time. The e animal signs are a 12-year cycle ud for dating the years.
林紅：對！中國人的時間概念是循環的。十二屬相就是用來紀年的一個十二年的循環。
Susan: So 12 years later, the 2023 will be the year of the Rabbit again!
蘇珊：那就是。12年後，也就是2023年就又是兔年了！