Spring Festival 春节英语口语大全

Spr***g Festival 春节英语书面语全集Greet***g Season:

春节 The Spr***g Festival

夏历 lunar calendar

正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar

元旦 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year

月朔 the beg***n***g of New Year

元宵节 The Lantern Festival

Cus***ms:

过年 Guo-nian; h**e the Spr***g Festival

春联 poet*** ***uplet: two su***essive rhym***g ******s *** poetry

对联 Spr***g Festival ***uplets

剪纸 paper-cuts

年画 New Year pa***t***gs

买年货 special purchases f*** the Spr***g Festival ; do Spr***g Festival ***pp***g

敬酒 propose a ***ast

灯笼 lantern: a p***table ***ght

烟花 firew***ks

爆仗 firecrackers (People scare off e***l spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)

红包 r*** packets (cash wrapp*** up *** r*** paper, symbo***ze f***tu*** and wea***h *** the ***m***g year.)

舞狮 ***on dance (The ***on is be***ev*** *** be able *** dispel e***l and br***g ***od luck.)

舞龙 dra***n dance (*** expect ***od weather and ***od harvests)

戏曲 traditional opera

杂耍 variety ***w; v***de***lle

字谜 riddles written on lanterns

灯会 exhibit of lanterns

守岁 stay***g-up

贺年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greet***gs; New Year's ******

忌讳 taboo

去不利 get rid of the ill- f***tu***

祭祖宗 offer sacrif***es *** o***'s ances***rs

压岁钱 gift mo***y; mo***y given *** children as a lunar New Year gift

Cu***ure Note: In the old days, New Year's mo***y was given *** the f***m of o*** hundr*** ***pper ******s strung ***gether on a r*** str***g and symbo***z*** the hope that o*** would ***ve *** be a hundr*** years old. Today, mo***y is plac*** ***side r*** envelopes *** denom***ations ***nsider*** ***sp***ious and given *** represent luck and wea***h

辞旧岁 bid farewell *** the old year

扫房 spr***g clean***g; ge***ral house-clean***g

Bless***g:

Treasures fill the ho***

Bus***ess flourishes

Peace all year round

Wish***g you prosperity

Harmony br***gs wea***h

May all your wishes ****** true

Everyth***g ***es well

The ***untry flourishes and people ***ve *** peace

Mo***y and treasures will be plentiful

Wish***g you every su***ess

Promot***g *** a higher po***ion

Safe trip wherever you ***

祝你新的一年欢乐美满: Wish you happ***ess and prosperity *** the ***m***g year!

职业胜利，家幸福: Wish you su***ess *** your career and happ***ess of your family!

Food na***s:

年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake

团聚饭 family r***nion d******r

大年夜饭 the d******r on New Year's Eve

饺子 Jiao-zi; dump***ngs

馄饨 Ch***ese ***at r**io***

汤圆 Tang-yuan; dump***ngs made of sweet r***e, roll*** ****** balls and stuff*** with either sweet *** sp***y fil***ngs

8宝饭 eight treasures r***e pudd***g

甜果盘 candy tray:

十锦糖 ass***t*** candies - sweet and f***tu***

蜜冬瓜 candi*** w***ter ***lon - growth and ***od hea***h

西瓜子 r*** ***lon se*** - joy, happ***ess, truth and s***cerity

金桔 cumquat - prosperity

糖莲子 candi*** lotus se*** - many descendents *** ******

糖藕 candi*** lotus root - fulfil***ng love relationship

红枣 r*** dates - prosperity

花生糖 peanut candy - sweet