四六级翻译热词中国节日篇
春节 the Spring Festival / Chinese lunar Near Year
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 W
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
