元宵节 · Lantern Festival
The night that ends the New Year: sweet rice dumplings, red lanterns, lantern riddles and dragon dances. Written by XiaoZhuJian for the Lantern Festival.
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- 元宵节
- yuán xiāo jié
- Lantern Festival
元宵节是农历正月十五。
yuán xiāo jié shì nóng lì zhēng yuè shí wǔ
The Lantern Festival is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
- 汤圆
- tāng yuán
- sweet glutinous rice ball (southern name)
- 元宵
- yuán xiāo
- sweet glutinous rice ball (northern name)
南方人叫它汤圆，北方人叫它元宵。
nán fāng rén jiào tā tāng yuán běi fāng rén jiào tā yuán xiāo
Southerners call them tangyuan; northerners call them yuanxiao.
- 灯笼
- dēng lóng
- lantern
街上挂满了红灯笼。
jiē shang guà mǎn le hóng dēng lóng
The streets are hung all over with red lanterns.
- 花灯
- huā dēng
- decorative lantern
- 灯谜
- dēng mí
- lantern riddle
晚上我们去公园看花灯、猜灯谜。
wǎn shang wǒ men qù gōng yuán kàn huā dēng cāi dēng mí
In the evening we went to the park to see the lanterns and guess the lantern riddles.
- 舞龙
- wǔ lóng
- dragon dance
- 舞狮
- wǔ shī
- lion dance
广场上有人在舞龙舞狮。
guǎng chǎng shang yǒu rén zài wǔ lóng wǔ shī
There are people doing the dragon and lion dances in the square.
- 热闹
- rè nao
- lively; bustling
元宵节晚上，到处都很热闹。
yuán xiāo jié wǎn shang dào chù dōu hěn rè nao
On the night of the Lantern Festival, everywhere is bustling.
- 烟花
- yān huā
- fireworks
今晚河边有烟花表演。
jīn wǎn hé biān yǒu yān huā biǎo yǎn
There's a fireworks show by the river tonight.
- 正月
- zhēng yuè
- first month of the lunar year
过了正月十五，年才算真正过完。
guò le zhēng yuè shí wǔ nián cái suàn zhēn zhèng guò wán
Only once the fifteenth of the first month has passed is New Year really over.