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春節的英語表達

有關春節的英語表達

  【Greeting Season】:

  春節 The Spring Festival

  農曆 lunar calendar

  正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar

  除夕 New Year‘s Eve; eve of lunar New Year

  初一 the beginning of New Year

  元宵節 The Lantern Festival

  【Customs】:

  過年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival

  對聯 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry

  春聯 Spring Festival couplets

  剪紙 paper-cuts

  買年貨 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping

  年畫 New Year paintings

  敬酒 propose a toast

  燈籠 lantern: a portable light

  煙花 fireworks

  爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)

  紅包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)

  舞獅 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)

  舞龍 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)

  戲曲 traditional opera 雜耍 variety show; vaudeville

  燈謎 riddles written on lanterns 燈會 exhibit of lanterns

  守歲 staying-up 禁忌 taboo

  拜年 pay New Year‘s call; give New Year‘s greetings; New Year‘s visit

  去晦氣 get rid of the ill- fortune

  祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one‘s ancestors

  壓歲錢 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

  辭舊歲 bid farewell to the old year

  掃房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning

  【Food names】:

  年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake

  團圓飯 family reunion dinner

  年夜飯 the dinner on New Year‘s Eve

  餃子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli

  八寶飯 eight treasures rice pudding

  湯圓 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings

  糖果盤 candy tray:

  什錦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune

  蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health

  西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity

  金桔 cumquat - prosperity

  紅棗 red dates - prosperity

  糖蓮子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come

  糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship

  花生糖 peanut candy - sweet

  【Blessing】:

  Treasures fill the home 財源廣進

  Business flourishes 事業興隆

  Peace all year round 歲歲平安

  Wishing you prosperity 恭喜發財

  Harmony brings wealth 家和萬事興

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