英语四级热点词汇：中国节日及相关表达

1.春节 the Spring Festival / Chinese lunar Near Year

农历正月初一 the first day of the first lunar month

农历 lunar calendar

年终大扫除 year-end household cleaning

春联 Spring Festival couplets

年画 New Year pictures

剪纸 paper-cuts

团圆饭 family reunion dinner

饺子 dumplings

春晚 Spring Festival Gala

守岁 stay up late on the New Year’s Eve

除夕 Eve of Chinese New Year

辞旧迎新 ring out the old year and ring in the new

拜年 pay a New Year visit

红包 red packets

压岁钱 lucky money

放爆竹 let off firecrackers

庙会 temple fair

禁忌 taboo

2.元宵节 Lantern Festival

农历正月十五 15th day of the first lunar month元宵 rice dumplings

花灯 festival lantern

灯谜 lantern riddle

灯会 exhibit of lanterns

烟花 fireworks

3.端午节 Dragon Boat Festival

农历五月初五 5th of the fifth lunar month

粽子 traditional Chinese rice-pudding

糯米 sticky rice

粽叶 bamboo leaves

舞龙 dragon dance

舞狮 lion dance

踩高跷 stilt walking

赛龙舟 dragon-boat racing

纪念 in memory of

屈原 Qu Yuan

诗人 poet

忠臣 loyal minister

4.清明节 Tomb-sweeping Day

寒食节 Cold Food Festival

祭拜祖先 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors

踏青 go for a spring outing

5.中秋节 Mid-Autumn Day / Moon Festival

农历八月十五 15th of the eighth lunar month

月饼 moon cake

赏月 appreciate the glorious full moon

中国神话故事 Chinese mythology

嫦娥 the goddess of the moon

后羿 Houyi

长生不老 be immortal

6.重阳节 Double Ninth Day

赏菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum

登高 climb a height

7.七夕节 Double Seventh Day/Chinese Valentine's Day

银河 the Milky Way

鹊桥 bridge of magpies

牛郎 Cowherd

织女 the Weaving Maid

王母娘娘 the Queen of Heaven

乞巧 praying-for-cleverness

女红 needlework

中国节日及相关表达

1.春节 the Spring Festival / Chinese lunar Near Year

农历正月初一 the first day of the first lunar month

农历 lunar calendar

年终大扫除 year-end household cleaning

春联 Spring Festival couplets

年画 New Year pictures

剪纸 paper-cuts

团圆饭 family reunion dinner

饺子 dumplings

春晚 Spring Festival Gala

守岁 stay up late on the New Year’s Eve

除夕 Eve of Chinese New Year

辞旧迎新 ring out the old year and ring in the new

拜年 pay a New Year visit

红包 red packets

压岁钱 lucky money

放爆竹 let off firecrackers

庙会 temple fair

禁忌 taboo

2.元宵节 Lantern Festival

农历正月十五 15th day of the first lunar month元宵 rice dumplings

花灯 festival lantern

灯谜 lantern riddle

灯会 exhibit of lanterns

烟花 fireworks

3.端午节 Dragon Boat Festival

农历五月初五 5th of the fifth lunar month

粽子 traditional Chinese rice-pudding

糯米 sticky rice

粽叶 bamboo leaves

舞龙 dragon dance

舞狮 lion dance

踩高跷 stilt walking

赛龙舟 dragon-boat racing

纪念 in memory of

屈原 Qu Yuan

诗人 poet

忠臣 loyal minister

4.清明节 Tomb-sweeping Day

寒食节 Cold Food Festival

祭拜祖先 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors

踏青 go for a spring outing

5.中秋节 Mid-Autumn Day / Moon Festival

农历八月十五 15th of the eighth lunar month

月饼 moon cake

赏月 appreciate the glorious full moon

中国神话故事 Chinese mythology

嫦娥 the goddess of the moon

后羿 Houyi

长生不老 be immortal

6.重阳节 Double Ninth Day

赏菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum

登高 climb a height

7.七夕节 Double Seventh Day/Chinese Valentine's Day

银河 the Milky Way

鹊桥 bridge of magpies

牛郎 Cowherd

织女 the Weaving Maid王母娘娘 the Queen of Heaven

乞巧 praying-for-cleverness

女红 needlework