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节假日 holiday and festival
传统节日 traditional festival
春节 the Spring Festival
采办年货 do Spring Festival shopping
除夕 New Year’s Eve
年夜饭 family reunion dinner on the lunar New Year’s Eve
吃饺子 have dumplings
团员 have a reunion
年糕 New Year cake
腊肉 preserved meat
新衣服 new clothes
中央电视台春节联欢晚会 the CCTV Spring Festival Gala
舞龙 dragon dance
逛庙会 stroll around the temple fair
敬酒 propose a toast
拜年 pay a New Year call
燃放烟花爆竹set off firecrackers and fireworks
磕头 kowtow
家庭聚会 family gathering
春节旅游 spring festival travel
年画 year painting
戏曲 traditional opera
灯笼 lantern
春联 red couplets
元宵节 Lantern Festival
赏灯 watch lanterns
悬挂 hang
猜灯谜 guess lantern riddles
龙灯舞 dragon lantern dance
舞狮 a lion dance
清明节 Tomb-sweeping Day
祭奠祖先的节日 a day to honour past ancestors
踏青 go hiking on a spring day/ go on a spring outing
端午节 the Dragon-Boat Festival
情人节 Valentine’s Day
国际妇女节 International Women’ Day
中国植树节 China Arbor Day
愚人节 April Fool’s Day
国际劳动节 International Labour Day
中国青年节 Chinese Youth Day
母亲节 Mother’s Day
国际儿童节 International Children’s Day
父亲节 Father’s Day
教师节 Teacher’s Day
国庆节 National Day
万圣节 Halloween
圣诞节 Christmas Day
吃粽子 eat zong zi
赛龙舟 dragon-boat races
纪念屈原之死 commemorate the death of Qu Yuan
自杀 commit suicide
战国时期 Warring States Period
七夕节 Double- Seventh Day
中秋节 the Mid-Autumn Festival
吃月饼 eat moon cakes
园月 the full moon
象征团圆 symbolise reunion
相聚 get together
重阳节 Double- Ninth Festival
登高 climb a mountain
赏菊 admire chrysanthemums
吃重阳饭 eat Double-Ninth cake
腊八节 Laba Festival
法定假日 legal official holiday