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有关春节的英语词汇、
风俗习惯和祝福语。
中国
人的新年马上就要到了，
春节期间我们都会
走亲访友，
见面说几句祝福的话肯定是少不了的，
英语网教你一些春节小知识，
以备不时之
需。
【春节的特殊词】
:
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
【
Customs
】春节的风俗习惯
:
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
in the
coming
year.)
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
【
Culture
Note
】春节文化
:
In
the
old
days,
New
Year's
money
was
given
in
the
form
of
one
hundred
copper coins
strung
together on a red
string and symbolized the hope that one would live
to be a hundred years old.
Today, money
is placed inside red envelopes in denominations
considered auspicious and given to
represent luck and wealth
辞旧岁
bid farewell
to the old year
扫房
spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
【
Food
names
】春节食品名称
:
年糕
Nian-gao; rise
cake; New Year cake