黃道吉日

See also: 黄道吉日

Chinese
ecliptic lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)
 
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (黃道吉日) 黃道 吉 日
simp. (黄道吉日) 黄道 吉 日

Etymology

This traces back to the days when people superstitiously believed that the point the Earth is at on its orbit around the sun has an effect on how auspicious a given day in the lunar calendar would turn out. This would influence when people would go travelling, get married, open a business and etc. Literally: "the Earth orbit around the sun and auspicious day"

Pronunciation

Noun

黃道吉日

  1. (idiomatic) an auspicious day in the lunar calendar on which a certain activity such as marriage is favoured.
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