shuò​wàng

the 1st and 15th days of the lunar month

Senses

朔望 shuò​wàng the 1st and 15th days of the lunar month

The new moon and full moon; the first and the fifteenth days of each lunar month.

朔望 shuò​wàng paying respects

(literary) Ritual of paying one's respects on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month.

朔望 shuò​wàng syzygy

An astronomical alignment of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system, such as the sun, earth, and moon, during a new moon or full moon.

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