Mid Autumn Festival

中秋节

Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhōngqiū Jié)

传说

Legend (chuán shuō)

故事

Story (gù shì)

后羿

Hou Yi (a heroic archer in Chinese mythology) (Hòu Yì)

嫦娥

Chang'e (the moon goddess in Chinese mythology) (Cháng'é)

小偷

Thief (tōu)

皇帝

Emperor (huáng dì)

太阳

Sun (tài yáng)

痛苦

Suffer, suffering (tòng kǔ)

射下

Shot down (shè xià)

长生不老

Long live, immortality (cháng shēng bù lǎo)

仙丹

Pill from heaven, elixir of immortality (xiān dān)

庆祝

Celebrate (qìng zhù)

丰收

Harvest (fēng shōu)

感谢

Thankful, gratitude (gǎn xiè)

飞

Fly (fēi)

月亮

Moon (yuè liàng)

团圆

United, reunion (tuán yuán)

家人

Family (jiā rén)

月饼

Mooncake (yuè bǐng)

祭拜

Worship, pay respects (often to ancestors or deities) (jì bài)

为了

In order to, for (wèi le)