【英語詞組】春節實用詞匯

Greeting Season:

春節 The Spring Festival

  

 農歷 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

  

  元宵節 The Lantern Festival 

  
  

  Customs:

  

  過年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival 

  

  對聯 poetic1 couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry

  

  春聯 Spring Festival couplets

  

  剪紙 paper-cuts

  

  年畫 New Year paintings

  

  買年貨 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping

  

  敬酒 propose a toast

  

  燈籠 lantern: a portable light

  

  煙花 fireworks

  

  爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)

  
  紅包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize2 fortune and wealth in the coming  year.) 
  

  舞獅 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel3 evil and bring good luck.)

  

  舞龍 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)

  

  戲曲 traditional opera

  

  雜耍 variety show; vaudeville

  

  燈謎 riddles4 written on lanterns

  

  燈會 exhibit of lanterns

  

  守歲 staying-up

  

  拜年 pay New Year‘s call; give New Year‘s greetings; New Year‘s visit

  

  禁忌 taboo

  

  去晦氣 get rid of the ill- fortune

  
  祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one‘s ancestors

  

  壓歲錢 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift 

   

  辭舊歲 bid farewell to the old year

  

  掃房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning

  
    

  祝你新的一年快樂幸福: Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year!

  

  事業成功，家庭美滿: Wish you success in your career and happiness of your family!

  
  

  Food names: 

  

  年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 

  

  團圓飯 family reunion dinner 

  年夜飯 the dinner on New Year‘s Eve 
  

  餃子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli

  

  湯圓 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings

  

  八寶飯 eight treasures rice pudding

  

  糖果盤 candy tray:

  

  什錦糖 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 

  
  糖蓮子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come 
  

  糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship

  
  紅棗 red dates - prosperity
  

  花生糖 peanut candy - sweet

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