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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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Customs
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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
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