节日和习俗

• 节日holiday, festival
• 过节to celebrate a festival
• 放假to have a holiday, to be on vacation
• 假期holiday, vacation
• 春节Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
• 过年to celebrate the (Chinese) New Year
• 除夕Chinese New Year's Eve
• 年夜饭New Year's Eve family dinner
• 守岁to stay up on New Year's Eve
• 拜年to pay a New Year visit, to wish a happy New Year
• 红包red envelope (money gift); bonus
• 压岁钱New Year money (given to children)
• 春联Spring Festival couplets
• 福good fortune, blessing
• 鞭炮firecrackers
• 放鞭炮to set off firecrackers
• 烟花fireworks
• 年货goods bought for the New Year (food, gifts, decorations)
• 庙会temple fair
• 舞狮lion dance
• 舞龙dragon dance
• 恭喜发财wishing you prosperity! (New Year greeting)
• 新年快乐happy New Year
• 春运Spring Festival travel rush
• 初一first day of a lunar month (esp. of the New Year)
• 正月first month of the lunar year
• 腊月twelfth month of the lunar year
• 农历lunar calendar (traditional Chinese)
• 阳历Gregorian calendar, solar calendar
• 生肖Chinese zodiac sign
• 属to be born in the year of (zodiac animal)
• 本命年one's zodiac year (every 12 years)
• 元宵节Lantern Festival
• 元宵sweet glutinous rice ball (Lantern Festival)
• 汤圆sweet glutinous rice balls in soup
• 灯笼lantern
• 清明节Qingming Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day
• 扫墓to sweep the graves, to visit ancestors' graves
• 端午节Dragon Boat Festival
• 粽子zongzi, sticky rice dumpling (wrapped in leaves)
• 龙舟dragon boat
• 赛龙舟to race dragon boats; dragon boat race
• 七夕Qixi, Chinese Valentine's Day
• 中秋节Mid-Autumn Festival
• 月饼mooncake
• 赏月to admire the full moon
• 团圆to be reunited (as a family)
• 团聚to reunite, to get together (family)
• 重阳节Double Ninth Festival
• 元旦New Year's Day (1 January)
• 新年New Year
• 劳动节Labour Day, May Day
• 国庆节National Day (PRC, 1 October)
• 黄金周Golden Week (week-long national holiday)
• 饺子dumpling (jiaozi)
• 祭祖to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
• 传统tradition; traditional
• 风俗custom, social custom
• 习俗custom, tradition
• 庆祝to celebrate

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