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春节马上要到了。作为中华民族最隆重的传统佳节，春节一直都是我们除旧迎新、阖家团圆的日子，传承了这么多年，春节也早有了一套固定的传统习俗和文化，而正是这些，才组成了博大精深的中华文化。对于我们来讲，春节年年过，可是关于春节的那些英文表达，你真的知道吗? 新春佳节 传统中国节日traditional Chinese festival 农历lunar calendar 腊八节Laba festival 小年Little New Year 除夕Lunar New Year’s Eve 春节the Spring Festival 正月初一the lunar New Year’s Day 元宵节the Lantern Festival 正月the first month of the lunar year 二月二Dragon Hesds-raising Day 传统习俗 扫尘sweep the dust 扫房spring cleaning 祭灶offer sacrifices to the God of Kitchen 守岁staying up 拜年pay a New Year’s call 祭祖offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors 祭财神worship the God of Wealth 春联Spring Festival couplets 去晦气get rid of the ill-fortune 辞旧岁bid farewell to the old year 兆头omen 禁忌taboo 烧香burn incense 贴倒福paste the Chinese character “Fu” upside down 阖家团圆 吃团圆饭have a family reunion dinner 年夜饭New Year’s Eve dinner 全家团圆family reunion 办年货do Spring Festival shopping 敬酒propose a toast 穿新衣wear new clothes 红包red envelops 压岁钱gift money;money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift 美食小吃 年糕rice cake; New Year cake 饺子dumpling; Chinese meat ravioli 汤圆dumplings made of sweet rice 八宝饭eight-treasure rice pudding 什锦糖assorted candies 糖莲子candied lotus seed 花生糖peanut candy 蜜冬瓜candied winter melon 瓜子red melon seeds 金桔cumquat 红枣red dates 春卷spring roll 冰糖葫芦candied haws on a stick 驴肉火烧donkey burger 米酒rice wine 腊肠Chinese sausage 腊肉preserved meat 糖板栗sugar chestnut 民间艺术 泥人clay figure 皮影戏shadow puppetry 木偶戏puppet show 刺绣embroidery 剪纸paper-cut 中国结Chinese knot 年画New Year painting 吹糖人sugar-figure blowing 舞龙dragon dance 舞狮lion dance 秧歌Yongko dance; rural folk dance 灯笼lantern 曲艺表演 戏曲traditional opera 折子戏opera highlights 相声comic dialogue; cross talk 小品skits; sketch 口技vocal imitations; ventriloquism 杂技acrobatic performance 马戏circus performance 京韵大鼓drum song of Peking 踩高跷walk on stilts 杂耍variety show; vaudeville 娱乐活动 打麻将playing mahjong 庙会Temple Fair 春节联欢晚会Spring Festival gala 灯会exhibit of lanterns 送贺卡sending New Year’s greeting cards 理发have a haircut 放烟花set off fireworks 放鞭炮set off firecrackers 灯谜riddles written on lanterns 各路神仙 门神the God of Door 灶神the God of Kitchen 财神the God of Wealth 土地爷the God of Land 火神the God of Fire 喜神the God of Happiness 八仙the Eight Immortals 福禄寿三星the three gods of fortune, prosperity and longevity 其他 生肖、属相Chinese zodiac 微信红包WeChat red envelope 年兽Nian; Year monster 立春the Beginning of Spring 24节气24 Solar Terms 本命年the animal year in which one was born 春运Spring Festival travel rush |
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