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