猴年馬月
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Chinese[edit]
monkey | year | horse; surname | moon; month | ||
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trad. (猴年馬月) | 猴 | 年 | 馬 | 月 | |
simp. (猴年马月) | 猴 | 年 | 马 | 月 | |
Literally: “monkey year, horse month”. |
Etymology[edit]
From 驢年馬月/驴年马月 (lǘniánmǎyuè, “year of the donkey (in the Zodiac); God knows when”).
Alternatively, from dialectal 何年嘛月 (“what year, what month?”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
猴年馬月