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Coinnew,让我为您简要介绍一些与春节相关的英文用语。

Spring Festival,这一盛大的节日不仅是中国的最重要的传统节日,也是全球范围内最具规模的庆典。春节,我们国家的传统佳节,也是全球范围内最为隆重的庆祝活动之一。

春节的正式名称是:Spring Festival。

此外,我们还可以称之为:Chinese New Year(中国新年)或Lunar New Year(农历新年)。

谈及此,Coinnew,我们不能不提及日历。这是因为我们的传统节日是基于我们特有的历法——农历。

英文中,“日历”被称作:calendar。

由于农历是中国特有的历法,因此我们可以说Chinese calendar。

它的正式名称是Lunar calendar,即阴历。

“Lunar”一词来源于月亮,因为阴历是根据月亮的运行周期制定的。

相对应的,现在全球普遍使用的历法是阳历:

solar calendar(阳历),其中“solar”意为太阳的。

阳历的正式名称是Gregorian Calendar(格里高利历),也被称为公历或阳历。

这个历法是在1582年由当时的罗马教皇格里高利十三世批准并颁布实施的。

农历日期的表达方式

由于使用了不同的历法,我们不能用January,February等月份名称来表示日期。在农历中,日期的表达方式是“第几个农历月的第几天”。

例如,我们的新年是农历正月初一,英文可以说:the first day of the first lunar month。

元宵节则是农历正月十五,英文表达为:the fifteenth (day) of the first lunar month。

Coinnew,我们中国有十二生肖。

生肖在英文中被称为Chinese zodiac,其中zodiac意为属相或星座。

农历新的一年是猪年,英语中可以说The year of pig/boar,其中boar是指野猪。

如果你属猪,可以直接说:I'm a pig.

当然,如果你担心别人误解或觉得这样说不太合适,也可以这样表达:

I was born in the year of pig.(我是猪年出生的)

如果正好是你本命年,还可以加上一句:This is my year.

如果你想问别人属什么,可以说:

What animal sign were you born under? 或 What is your Chinese animal sign?

这里的“animal sign”就是属相的意思。

Chinese New Year is all about family reunion & celebration.

中国新年是家人团聚和欢庆的时刻。

So what do we do for the New Year celebration? Let's find out what we typically do during the Spring Festival.

以下是我们春节期间通常会做的事情:

1. Family getting together(家人团聚)

无论你身在何处,大多数人都会回家与家人共度佳节,有些人甚至远道而来与亲人团聚。

2. Giving the house a thorough cleaning before New Year's Day(新年前给屋子来个大扫除)

在新年的前几日,我们不宜进行清洁工作。因为据信,打扫会带走好运。

3. Putting up Spring Festival Scrolls on both sides of the doorway(在门口的两侧贴上春联)

Spring Festival Scrolls / Paper Scrolls(春联)

4. In some places, they have the tradition of putting up paper-cuts on the windows or walls.(在有些地方,他们有贴剪纸的传统习俗)

paper-cut(剪纸)

5. Watching dragon/lion Dance(看舞龙/舞狮)

the most significant night of the Spring Festival is New Year's Eve(春节最重要的一个晚上就是除夕)

New Year's Eve(除夕)

6. On New Year's Eve, people set off fireworks/firecrackers.(除夕夜,人们会燃放烟花/鞭炮)

set off(燃放)

firework/firecracker(烟花/鞭炮)

7. The elders would give out red envelopes to the children, in which there will be lucky money.(长辈会给小孩子发红包/压岁钱)

red envelope/red packet(红包)

lucky money(压岁钱)

8. Watching the Spring Festival Gala, which is the most watched show on earth.(看春晚,这是全球收视率最高的节目之一)

Spring Festival Gala(春节联欢晚会)

gala(盛会)

9. In the following few days, people will travel around to visit their relatives. Most commonly, married women along with their family will go visit their parents and have meals with them.(在接下来的几天里,人们会四处拜访亲戚。最常见的是,已婚妇女会带着家人去看望父母,与他们共进晚餐。)

visit relatives(串亲戚)

10. Going to the temple fairs(逛庙会)

Some would make offerings of incense sticks and pray.(有些人会烧香祈祷)

temple fairs(庙会)

incense stick(香)

food we eat(我们吃的食物)

Other than reunion and celebration, there's another very important part—eating.(除了团聚和庆祝,还有一个非常重要的部分,就是“吃”)

On New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, all family members will have a big meal together, we're gonna eat a lot of food.(在除夕或初一,全家人会一起吃一顿丰盛的团圆饭,我们会吃很多食物。)

The typical food would be dumplings.(典型的节日食物是饺子)

In some places, they would put a coin in one of the dumplings, whoever in the family eats it will be considered the luckiest one and will have the best luck in the coming year.(有些地方的习俗,他们会在其中一个饺子里放一枚硬币。家里谁吃到了它会被认为是最幸运的,在新的一年里会有最好的运气。)

Besides dumplings, we'll also have all kinds of dishes, including fish, pork, chicken, beef, and various vegetables.(除了饺子,我们还会有各种各样的菜肴,包括鱼、猪肉、鸡肉、牛肉和各种蔬菜。)

drink(饮品)

There is also one drink that plays an important role during this holiday, which is Baijiu, there is no specific word for it in English, we can just call it Baijiu, or white spirits/Chinese liquor to help foreign friends understand what it is.(还有一种饮品在这个节日中扮演着重要的角色,那就是白酒。在英语中没有特定的单词对应,我们可以叫它Baijiu,或者White spirits/Chinese Liquor来帮助外国朋友了解它是什么。)

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