> I hope you have more such terms to share..
There are so many things on a traditional Chinese calendar. Obviously we can't go over all of them aimlessly. Perhaps I will say one more thing about the traditional "Chinese week," which runs on a 12-day cycle as follows. Unlike the solar terms I previously quoted, the following are strictly my own translations and are not endorsed by the Hong Kong Observatory.
建日: Day 1, "Build-up Day"
除日: Day 2, "Take-down Day"
滿日: Day 3, "Fulfilling Day"
平日: Day 4, "Getting Even Day"
定日: Day 5, "Stabilising Day"
執日: Day 6, "Wrap-up Day," also called 小耗 (Small Waste)
破日: Day 7, "Breaking Day," also called 大耗 (Big Waste)
危日: Day 8, "Danger Day"
成日: Day 9, "Achievement Day" (Pronounced /sing4 yat6/. Don't confuse it with the Cantonese expression "成日" /seng4 yat6/, which means "all day" or "all the time.")
收日: Day 10, "Collection Day"
開日: Day 11, "Opening Day"
閉日: Day 12, "Closing Day"
Unfortunately, the traditional Chinese calendar requires a day of week to repeat under certain astronomical conditions. For instance, the day after a 危日 can possibly be another 危日. Since such exception happens way too often without any regular pattern, it has become too confusing for modern lifestyle, and, hence, is practically abandoned nowadays except when you want to pick a lucky day to do certain things (e.g., wedding).
There are so many things on a traditional Chinese calendar. Obviously we can't go over all of them aimlessly. Perhaps I will say one more thing about the traditional "Chinese week," which runs on a 12-day cycle as follows. Unlike the solar terms I previously quoted, the following are strictly my own translations and are not endorsed by the Hong Kong Observatory.
建日: Day 1, "Build-up Day"
除日: Day 2, "Take-down Day"
滿日: Day 3, "Fulfilling Day"
平日: Day 4, "Getting Even Day"
定日: Day 5, "Stabilising Day"
執日: Day 6, "Wrap-up Day," also called 小耗 (Small Waste)
破日: Day 7, "Breaking Day," also called 大耗 (Big Waste)
危日: Day 8, "Danger Day"
成日: Day 9, "Achievement Day" (Pronounced /sing4 yat6/. Don't confuse it with the Cantonese expression "成日" /seng4 yat6/, which means "all day" or "all the time.")
收日: Day 10, "Collection Day"
開日: Day 11, "Opening Day"
閉日: Day 12, "Closing Day"
Unfortunately, the traditional Chinese calendar requires a day of week to repeat under certain astronomical conditions. For instance, the day after a 危日 can possibly be another 危日. Since such exception happens way too often without any regular pattern, it has become too confusing for modern lifestyle, and, hence, is practically abandoned nowadays except when you want to pick a lucky day to do certain things (e.g., wedding).