Chinese legend says that people born in the Year of the Sheep have a difficult life.

在中国的传说中，羊年出生的人生活很艰难。

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Their reasoning: No one wants a baby born in 2015, the dreaded Year of the Sheep.

他们的理由很简单：没人想在可怕的羊年要小孩。

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One popular folk saying holds that only one out of 10 people born in the Year of the Sheep finds happiness.

其中一个流传甚广的民间说法是在十个羊年出生的人中只有一个能找到幸福。

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Sheep were targeted in 1792 - which became known as the Year of the Sheep - following clearances in Sutherland and Easter Ross.

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Some 40 complaints have been received this year over the seven sheep which roam free in the Clifford's Mesne and May Hill areas of Newent, police said.

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In Wales, the 55-year-old general manager of the Pembrokeshire Show reported for Wales Today on the worldwide shortage of sheep.

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