【英语词汇拓展】和中国新年相关的英语词汇

  • 春节:Spring Festival,Chinese New Year,Lunar New Year
  • 农历:Chinese lunar calendar
  • 生肖:Chinese zodiac
  • 年:year,the year of …
  • 年夜饭:reunion dinner,family dinner
  • 年糕:rice cake,New Year cake
  • 饺子:dumplings,jiaozi
  • 汤圆:glutinous rice balls,tangyuan
  • 春卷:spring rolls
  • 鱼:fish,yu
  • 红包:red envelope,red packet,lucky money
  • 压岁钱:gift money,money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
  • 福:good fortune,happiness,blessing
  • 福倒了:upside-down fu,meaning good fortune has arrived
  • 春联:Spring Festival couplets,New Year scrolls,Chinese couplets
  • 上联:first line,upper scroll
  • 下联:second line,lower scroll
  • 横批:horizontal scroll
  • 剪纸:paper-cut,paper-cutting
  • 年画:New Year painting,New Year picture
  • 灯笼:lantern
  • 元宵节:Lantern Festival,the 15th day of the first lunar month
  • 灯会:lantern fair,lantern show
  • 灯谜:lantern riddle
  • 舞龙:dragon dance
  • 舞狮:lion dance
  • 狮子头:lion’s head,a traditional dish made of minced pork and vegetables
  • 鞭炮:firecracker
  • 烟花:firework
  • 爆竹:firecracker,literally “exploding bamboo”
  • 年兽:Nian,a mythical beast that comes out during the Spring Festival
  • 贴门神:paste door gods,pictures of gods posted on doors to ward off evil spirits
  • 祭祖:worship ancestors,offer sacrifices to ancestors
  • 拜年:pay a New Year call,wish a Happy New Year,New Year’s visit
  • 过年:celebrate the Spring Festival,have the Spring Festival
  • 除夕:Chinese New Year’s Eve,New Year’s Eve
  • 正月:the first month of the lunar year
  • 初一:the first day of the lunar year
  • 初二:the second day of the lunar year
  • 初三:the third day of the lunar year
  • 初四:the fourth day of the lunar year
  • 初五:the fifth day of the lunar year
  • 初六:the sixth day of the lunar year
  • 初七:the seventh day of the lunar year
  • 初八:the eighth day of the lunar year
  • 初九:the ninth day of the lunar year
  • 初十:the tenth day of the lunar year
  • 正月十五:the fifteenth day of the first lunar month
  • 守岁:stay up late on New Year’s Eve,keep vigil on New Year’s Eve
  • 扫尘:sweep away the dust,clean the house
  • 办年货:do Spring Festival shopping,buy special purchases for the Spring Festival
  • 逛庙会:visit temple fairs,go to temple fairs
  • 祈福:pray for blessings,wish for good luck
  • 春节联欢晚会:Spring Festival Gala,CCTV’s New Year Gala
  • 年味:the flavor of the Spring Festival,the festive atmosphere
  • 鼠 (rat)
  • 牛 (ox)
  • 虎 (tiger)
  • 兔 (rabbit)
  • 龙 (dragon)
  • 蛇 (snake)
  • 马 (horse)
  • 羊 (goat)
  • 猴 (monkey)
  • 鸡 (rooster)
  • 狗 (dog)
  • 猪 (pig)

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