AP Chinese Holiday Vocab list new year and moon festival--traditional
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Chinese, Traditional | English |
|---|---|
 農曆 | lunar calendar |
| 正月 | first month |
| 初一 | first day |
| 陰曆年， | lunar new year |
| 俗稱 | commonly known |
| "過年" | celebrate new year |
| 隆重 | grand |
| 傳統 | tradition |
| 悠久， | long |
| 祭神 | perform rite for the god or make offering to the god |
| 祭祖活動 | ritual activities for ancestors |
| 民國時期 | Republic period （1911-1949） |
| 公曆， | western calendar |
| 元旦， | Used to be the first of day of the Chinese year, but now used for January first of Solar calerndar |
| 春節 | spring festival |
| 意味 | mean |
| 播種 | ...sow seeds |
| 收穫 | harvest |
| 冰天雪地 | icy and snowy days |
| 漫漫 | long and endless |
| 盼望 | look forward to |
| 春暖花開 | spring turns warm and flower bossom time |
| 之際 | = de shi2 hou4 |
| 異常 | unusual |
| 豐富多彩， | rich and colorful (or varied) |
| 臘月 | December |
| 迎春日 | spring welcoming day, Dec 23, to Dec 30th lunar calendar |
| 掃塵日"， | dust sweeping days same as above |
| 素有 | to usually have, to possess certain quality as a rule |
| 年貨， | merchandise used for the near year |
| 走親訪友 | visiting relatives and friends |
| 添置 | to acquire in addition |
| 春聯 | spring festival couplets for door decoration |
| 年畫， | new year poster |
| 窗花 | window decorative paper cuts |
| 福 | Luck |
| 財神 | god of wealth |
| 想像 | to imagine |
| 樹木凋蔽 | trees lose leaves and grass dies |
| 百草不生 | all grass cease to live |
| 祥和 | auspicious and harmonious |
| 仍 still | ... |
| 歡聚 | happily gather together |
| 除夕 | new year eve |
| 團圓夜 | family reunion night |
| 新舊交替 | new and old replace cross and replace each together |
| 共享 | to enjoy together |
| 天倫之樂 | family joy |
| 和麵 huo4 mian4 | knead dough |
| 合 | to combine |
| 交 | to cross |
| 諧音， | have the same pronunciation |
| 年糕 | year cake |
| 鞭炮齊鳴 | fire carcker sounding together |
| 響聲 | sounds |
| 此起彼伏 | this side rises while the other side dies down |
| 盛裝 | dress austentatiously |
| 家族 | family tribe |
| 長者 | the older person |
| 拜年 | greet people on near year's day |
| 祝壽， | wish longevity |
| 壓歲錢， | money to weigh down the near year |
| 團年飯， | new year reunion meal |
| 走親戚 | visit relatives |
| 相贈 | to give each other |
| 恭賀新禧 | cordial congratulation for the new year |
| 恭喜發財 | hope you make a lot of money |
| 過年好 | happy new year |
| 舞獅 | lion dance |
| 耍龍燈 | play dragon lantern |
| 演社火 | to perform at the communal fire |
| 遊花市 | tour the flower fair |
| 逛廟會 | to go to the fair at the temple |
| 少數民族 | ethnic minority |
| 習俗 | customs |
| 簡介 | simple introduction |
| 仰望 | to look up |
| 團圓節 | the reunion festival |
| 秋暮夕月 | end of the fall moon rite |
| 即 | be |
| 祭拜月神 | perform rites for the moon godness |
| 焚香拜月 | burn incense to worship the moon |
| 祈求 | pray for |
| 心願 | heart's desire |
| 增加 | increase |
| 把酒問月 | hold wine and ask moon |
| 千里共嬋娟 | thousand miles (apart) share moonUndo editsNónglì,lunar calendar |
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