Greeting Season:
春节 The Spring Festival
农历 lunar calendar
正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar
除夕 New Year eve of lunar New Year
初一 the beginning of New Year
元宵节 The Lantern Festival
Food names:
年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve
饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or
spicy fillings
八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding
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
糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come
糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship
红枣 red dates - prosperity
花生糖 peanut candy - sweet
祝你新的一年快乐幸福 Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year!
Customs:
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
年画 New Year paintings
买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping
敬酒 propose a toast
灯笼 lantern: a portable light
烟花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers
红包 red packets
舞狮 lion dance
舞龙 dragon dance
戏曲 traditional opera
杂耍 variety show; vaudeville
灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
守岁 staying-up
拜年 pay New Year give New Years greetings; New Years visit
禁忌 taboo
去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones ancestors
压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year
扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
吉祥话:用英语拜中国年
金玉满堂:Treasures fill the home
生意兴隆:Business flourishes
岁岁平安:Peace all year round
上一篇: 雅思词汇:猪流感相关词汇
下一篇: 雅思写作必背核心词组
阿联酋这个月即将发射阿拉伯世界首个登陆火星计划
国内英语资讯:Xi Focus: Xi chairs leadership meeting on flood control
国际英语资讯:Greeces Piraeus port posts positive financial results for 2019
国内英语资讯:China provides medical supplies to Libya to fight COVID-19
说火
我们班的三大书法家
傻男孩过马路
国内英语资讯:Hong Kong further steps up anti-epidemic measures amid surging local infections
国内英语资讯:Chinese survey ship returns from Pacific expedition
国内英语资讯:Xi says anti-coronavirus cooperation helps boost China-Zambia ties
国内英语资讯:CPC allocates Party fees for flood control, disaster relief
我们的好老师
国内英语资讯:Yangtze Rivers No. 2 flood passes Three Gorges Dam
国内英语资讯:China Development Bank offers financing support to Greater Bay Area
国内英语资讯:China prepares to launch Long March-5 rocket for Mars mission
在邻居家做客
国内英语资讯:Chinas Hubei resumes trans-regional group tours
淘气的小鸡
体坛英语资讯:Beach volleyball returns in Germany
体坛英语资讯:Construction of Beijing Winter Olympic projects in Yanqing to be completed in 2020