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

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