2019年大學英語四級詞匯：節(jié)日篇

　　春節(jié) the Spring Festival

　　農歷正月初一 the first day of the first lunar month

　　農歷 lunar calendar

　　年終大掃除 year-end household cleaning

　　春聯(lián) Spring Festival couplets

　　年畫 New Year pictures

　　剪紙 paper-cuts

　　團圓飯 family reunion dinner

　　餃子 jiaozi

　　春晚 Spring Festival Gala

　　守歲 stay up late on the New Year’s Eve

　　除夕 Eve of Chinese New Year

　　辭舊迎新

　　ring out the old year and ring in the new

　　拜年 pay a New Year visit

　　紅包 red packets

　　壓歲錢 lucky money

　　放爆竹 let off firecrackers

　　廟會 temple fair

　　禁忌 taboo

　　元宵節(jié) Lantern Festival

　　農歷正月十五 15th day of the first lunar month

　　元宵 rice dumplings

　　花燈 festival lantern

　　燈謎 lantern riddle

　　燈會 exhibit of lanterns

　　煙花 fireworks

　　端午節(jié) Dragon Boat Festival

　　農歷五月初五 5th of the fifth lunar month

　　粽子 zongzi

　　糯米 sticky rice

　　粽葉 bamboo leaves

　　舞龍 dragon dance

　　舞獅 lion dance

　　踩高蹺 stilt walking

　　賽龍舟 dragon-boat racing

　　紀念 in memory of

　　屈原Quyuan

　　詩人 poet

　　忠臣 loyal minister

　　清明節(jié) Tomb-sweeping Day

　　寒食節(jié) Cold Food Festival

　　祭拜祖先 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors

　　掃墓 sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones

　　踏青go for a spring outing

　　中秋節(jié) Mid-Autumn Day / Moon Festival

　　農歷八月十五 15th of the eighth lunar month

　　月餅moon cake

　　賞月appreciate the glorious full moon

　　中國神話故事 Chinese mythology

　　嫦娥 Chang’e

　　后羿 Hou Yi

　　長生不老 be immortal

　　重陽節(jié) Double Ninth Day

　　賞菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum

　　登高 climb a height

　　七夕節(jié) Double Seventh Day/Chinese Valentine's Day

　　銀河 the Milky Way

　　鵲橋 bridge of magpies

　　牛郎 Cowherd

　　織女 the Weaving Maid

　　王母娘娘 the Queen of Heaven

　　乞巧 praying-for-cleverness

　　女紅needlework