Europe has 12 constellations,while China has 12 animals symbolising the 12 branches used to designate years.

歐洲人有十二星座，中國人有十二生肖

The 12 animals finish a cycle every 12 years and each of them guards one year.

十二生肖以十二年為一個(gè)周期，以十二種動(dòng)物輪流當(dāng)班。

Chinese believe that those who are born in a certain year would inherit the traits of the animal guarding that year.

中國人認(rèn)為相應(yīng)年份出生的人都有自己的特殊品質(zhì)。

Rats are wise and cattle are hard-working. Tigers are courageous and rabbits are prudent. Dragons are rich and respectful,and snakes are romantic. Horses are fast and a sheep are sincere. Monkeys are smart and flexible,while chickens are endowed with beauty. Dogs are faithful and pigs are amiable.

老鼠代表智慧，牛代表勤奮，老虎代表勇猛，兔子代表謹(jǐn)慎，龍代表富貴，蛇代表浪漫，馬代表速度，羊代表忠誠，猴子代表靈活，雞代表美麗，狗代表忠誠，豬代表隨和。

Do you know what your symbolic animal denoting the year of your birth?

你了解自己的屬相嗎？