节日中英文对照
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节日中英对照
1.春节(农历一月一日)Spring Festival;Chinese New Year's Day
2.元宵节(农历一月十五日)Lantern Festival(龙灯节直译)3.清明节(公历4月5日前后,农历二月后半月至三月上半月间)Tomb-Sweeping Day
4.端午节(农历五月初五)Dragon Boat Festival(龙舟节直译)5.中秋节(农历八月十五)Mid-Autumn (Moon)Festival
6.重阳节(农历九月九日)Double-ninth Day(重九节直译)7.除夕(农历十二月二十九或三十日)New Year's Eve(新年前夜)
中国传统节日活动中英对照
过春节celebrate the spring festival
春联spring festival couplets
剪纸paper-cuts
年画new year paintings
买年货do shopping for the spring festival;do spring festival shopping
敬酒propose a toast
灯笼lantern
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
灯谜riddles written on lanterns
灯会exhibit of lanterns
守岁staying-up
拜年pay new year's call;give new year's greetings;pay new year's visit
禁忌taboo
去晦气get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
压岁钱gift money;money given to children as a lunar new year gift culture note;in the old days,new year's money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one would live to be a hundred
years old. today,money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to represent luck and wealth
辞旧岁bid farewell to the old year
扫房spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
年糕nian-gao; rise cake; new year cake
团圆饭family reunion dinner
年夜饭the dinner on new year's eve
饺子jiao-zi/dumpling; Chinese meat ravioli
粽子rice dumpling