2019年大学英语四级词汇：节日篇

2019年大学英语四级词汇：节日篇

　　春节 the Spring Festival

　　农历正月初一 the first day of the first lunar month

　　农历 lunar calendar

　　年终大扫除 year-end household cleaning

　　春联 Spring Festival couplets

　　年画 New Year pictures

　　剪纸 paper-cuts

　　团圆饭 family reunion dinner

　　饺子 jiaozi

　　春晚 Spring Festival Gala

　　守岁 stay up late on the New Year’s Eve

　　除夕 Eve of Chinese New Year

　　辞旧迎新

　　ring out the old year and ring in the new

　　拜年 pay a New Year visit

　　红包 red packets

　　压岁钱 lucky money

　　放爆竹 let off firecrackers

　　庙会 temple fair

　　禁忌 taboo

　　元宵节 Lantern Festival

　　农历正月十五 15th day of the first lunar month

　　元宵 rice dumplings

　　花灯 festival lantern

　　灯谜 lantern riddle

　　灯会 exhibit of lanterns

　　烟花 fireworks

　　端午节 Dragon Boat Festival

　　农历五月初五 5th of the fifth lunar month

　　粽子 zongzi

　　糯米 sticky rice

　　粽叶 bamboo leaves

　　舞龙 dragon dance

　　舞狮 lion dance

　　踩高跷 stilt walking

　　赛龙舟 dragon-boat racing

　　纪念 in memory of

　　屈原Quyuan

　　诗人 poet

　　忠臣 loyal minister

　　清明节 Tomb-sweeping Day

　　寒食节 Cold Food Festival

　　祭拜祖先 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors

　　扫墓 sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones

　　踏青go for a spring outing

　　中秋节 Mid-Autumn Day / Moon Festival

　　农历八月十五 15th of the eighth lunar month

　　月饼moon cake

　　赏月appreciate the glorious full moon

　　中国神话故事 Chinese mythology

　　嫦娥 Chang’e

　　后羿 Hou Yi

　　长生不老 be immortal

　　重阳节 Double Ninth Day

　　赏菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum

　　登高 climb a height

　　七夕节 Double Seventh Day/Chinese Valentine's Day

　　银河 the Milky Way

　　鹊桥 bridge of magpies

　　牛郎 Cowherd

　　织女 the Weaving Maid

　　王母娘娘 the Queen of Heaven

　　乞巧 praying-for-cleverness

　　女红needlework