Chinese 302- lesson 11

Chinese festivals

节日

holiday; festival

结束

to end; to finish

继续

to continue; to go on with

舅舅

mother’s brother; maternal uncle

舅妈

wife of mother’s brother

小区

residential development; residential complex

环境

environment; surroundings

除夕

chinese new year’s eve

年夜饭

chinese new year’s eve dinner

感情

feeling; emotion; affection

墙

wall

贴

to paste; to glue

幸福

happy; happiness

福

blessing; good fortune

倒

to turn upside down; to go backwards

奇怪

strange; odd

意思

meaning

餐

meal

本来

original; originally; at first

家

measure word for families and commercial establishments

气氛

atmosphere; ambiance

以

with

代

to replace; to substitute

酒

alcohol; liquor

挙

to lift; to raise

顺利

smooth; successful; without a hitch

进步

to make progress; progessive

干杯

to drink a toast; cheers!; bottoms up

成功

succeed; successful

晚会

evening gathering; soiree

剩（下）

to leave a surplus; to be left (over)

浪费

to waste; to squander; wasteful

余

to surplus; to spare

传统

tradition; traditional

农历

traditional chinese lunar calendar

初

first

粽子

pyramid-shaped dumpling of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves

月饼

moon cake

团圆

to reunite (as a family)

正月

1st month of the lunar year; 1st moon

元宵

night of the 15th of the 1st lunar month; sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour

嘛

particle used to emphasize the obvious

计时

to count time

拜年

to wish somebody a happy new chinese new year; to pay a chinese new year’s call

恭喜

to congratulate

发财

to get rich; to make a fortune

红包

red envelope containing money to be given as a gift

热闹

(of a place or a scene) lively; buzzing with excitement; bustling with activity

鞭炮

firecracker

春节

spring festival; chinese new year

端午节

dragon boat festival

中秋节

mid-autumn festival; moon festival

感恩节

thanksgiving

元宵节

lantern festival