第十一课： 中国的节日 Integrated Chinese 4

Lesson 11, Fall 2025, Integrated Chinese 4 4th Edition

节日

festival, holiday

舅舅

mother's brother

舅妈

wife of mother's brother

小区

residential complex

环境

environment, surroundings, situation

除夕

New Year's) Eve

年夜饭

Chinese New Year's Eve dinner

墙

wall

贴

to paste; to glue

福

blessing; good fortune

倒

to turn upside down, to go backwards

奇怪

strange

意思

meaning

以

with

代

to replace, to substitute

酒

wine or liquor

举

to lift; to raise

顺利

smoothly, successfully

进步

to make progress

干杯

to drink a toast, cheers

成功

Success, to succeed

晚会

evening party

剩(下)

to leave a surplus, to be left (over)

浪费

to waste, squander

余

to surplus; to spare

传统

tradition / convention

农历

lunar calendar (agricultural calendar)

初

beginning

粽子

stick rice wrapped in bamboo leaves

月饼

mooncakes

团圆

to reunite (as a family)

正月

first month of the lunar year

元宵

night of the fifteenth of the first lunar month,

sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour

嘛

(particle used to emphasize the obvious)

计时

to count time

拜年

pay a New Year call / wish sb a Happy New Year

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

lively, bustling

鞭炮

firecracker

春节

the Spring Festival

端午节

Dragon Boat Festival

中秋节

Mid-Autumn Festival

感恩节

Thanksgiving Day

元宵节

Lantern Festival