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五月

ng5 jyut6

wu3 yue4

[1] May; [2] Fifth month of the Lunar Calendar

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 3,600,000

五月

五 ng5 wu3 - five
月 jyut6 yue4 - moon; month

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四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！粵 edit
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. It really goes with the saying "Until one has eaten Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, do not keep one's warm clothings".
[未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]

This word was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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