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一、中国传统文化之英语表达
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有关春节的
基本词汇与短语
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Greeting
Season
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:
春节
The Spring
Festival
农历
lunar calendar
正月
lunar January;
the first month by lunar calendar
除夕
New Year‘s
Eve; eve of lunar New Year
初一
the beginning
of New Year
元宵节
The Lantern Festival
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Customs
】：
过年
Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival
对联
poetic couplet: two successive rhyming
lines in poetry
春联
Spring
Festival couplets
剪纸
paper-cuts
买年货
special purchases for the Spring
Festival do Spring Festival shopping
年画
New Year
paintings
敬酒
propose a toast
灯笼
lantern: a
portable light
烟花
fireworks
爆竹
firecrackers
(People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the
loud pop.)
红包
red packets (cash wrapped up in red
paper, symbolize fortune and wealth .)
舞狮
lion dance
(The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil
and bring good luck.)
舞龙
dragon dance
(to expect good weather and good harvests)
戏曲
traditional opera
杂耍
variety show;
vaudeville
灯谜
riddles written on lanterns
灯会
exhibit of
lanterns
守岁
staying-up
禁忌
taboo
拜年
pay New Year‘s call; give New Year‘s
greetings; New Year‘s visit
去晦气
get rid of
the ill- fortune
祭祖宗
offer
sacrifices to
one‘s
ancestors
压岁钱
gift money; money given to children as
a lunar New Year gift
辞旧岁
bid farewell
to the old year
扫房
spring
cleaning; general house-cleaning
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Food
names
】：
年糕
Nian-gao; rise
cake; New Year cake
团圆饭
family
reunion dinner
年夜饭
the dinner on
New Year‘s Eve
饺子
Jiao-zi;
Chinese meat ravioli
八宝饭
eight
treasures rice pudding
汤圆
Tang-yuan;
dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls
and stuffed with either sweet
or
spicy fillings
糖果盘
candy tray:
什锦糖
assorted
candies - sweet and fortune
蜜冬瓜
candied
winter melon - growth and good health
西瓜子
red melon
seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity
金桔
cumquat - prosperity
红枣
red dates -
prosperity
糖莲子
candied lotus
seed - many descendents to come
糖藕
candied lotus
root - fulfilling love relationship
花生糖
peanut candy
- sweet
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Bles
sing
】
:
Treasures fill the home
财源广进
Business flourishes
事业兴隆
Peace all year round
岁岁平安
Wishing you prosperity
恭喜发财
Harmony brings wealth
家和万事兴
May all your wishes come true
心想事成
Everything goes well
万事如意
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