春节英语小知识

春节英语小知识

【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