《总结版中国节日常用语英语短语、短句.docxVIP

春 节1元宵节2端午节3中秋节4国庆节5重阳节6春 节过年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 years call; give new years greetings; pay new years visit 禁忌taboo去晦气get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗offer sacrifices to ones ancestors 压岁钱gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift culture note: In the old days, New Years 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 years eve 农历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 过年Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival 对联poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry 剪纸paper-cuts 年画New Year paintings 买年货special purchases for the Spring Festival do Spring Festival shopping 敬酒propose a toast 灯笼lantern: a portable light 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.) 守岁staying-up 拜年pay New Year’s call; give New Year’s greetings; New Year’s visit 压岁钱gift money; money