这是我看过对生肖解释最易懂的说明了，可以收藏起来 Each year on the Chinese calendar is linked to one of twelve animals and it is believed that those born in a given year exhibit the characteristics associated with the animal. The twelve animals are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. The animals are cycled over twelve years, and the system originates in a Chinese fable about the Great Race, in which each animal competed to be the first in the zodiac.