有关春节的各种英文表达汇总

有关春节的各种英文表达汇总

【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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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

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Culture Note

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：

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

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Food names

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：

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