双语:春节词汇之习俗版
- 2013-01-17
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春节词汇之习俗双语版:
	过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival
	对联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry
	春联 Spring Festival couplets
	剪纸 paper-cuts
	年画 New Year paintings
	买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping
	敬酒 propose a toast
	灯笼 lantern: a portable light
	烟花 fireworks
	爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
	舞狮 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)
	舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)
	戏曲 traditional opera
	杂耍 variety show; vaudeville
	灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
	灯会 exhibit of lanterns
	守岁 staying-up
	拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit
	禁忌 taboo
	去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune
	祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
	压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
	辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year
	扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
 
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    
 



