节日用语 Festival Terms

a movable holiday 日期不固定的节日

a national holiday 国庆日

a pair of scrolls containing a poetic couplet 对联

a religious holiday 宗教节日

a string of small firecrackers 成串的小爆竹

a world of ice and snow 冰天雪地

All the best!万事如意！

at the beginning of the year 年初

bag of goodies 圣诞老人礼物袋

bainian/pay New Year calls 拜年

be wild with joy/go into raptures 欣喜若狂

bid farewell to the outgoing year 辞（旧）岁

bonfires/fireworks display 烟火

burn incense and pray 烧香拜佛

candle ['k?ndl] 蜡烛

celebrate/observe/keep holiday 庆祝节日

choir [kwa??] 圣歌队

Christmas present 圣诞礼物

Christmas tree 圣诞树

Congratulations!恭喜恭喜!

do Spring Festival shopping 办年货

dumpling ['d?mpl??] 饺子

Easter egg 复活节彩蛋

enough happiness to spare 吉庆有余

feeling pleased/filled with joy 喜滋滋

festive atmosphere 节日气氛

fill the air 弥漫

firecracker ['fa??kr?k?] 爆竹

fragrance/smell of burning incense 馨香

gift [ɡ?ft] 礼物

give oneself up to pleasure 纵情欢乐

good luck and satisfaction of one's every wish 吉祥如意

Happy birthday to you!祝你生日快乐!

happy get-together/happy reunion 欢聚

Happy New Year! 新年快乐!恭贺新年!恭贺新禧！

ice-bound 冰封

jubilant/full of joy 喜气洋洋

kiteflying/fly a kite 放风筝

lantern ['l?nt?n] 灯笼

let off firecrackers 放爆竹

light a candle 点蜡烛

light up with pleasure/be wreathed in smiles 喜笑颜开

live and work in peace and contentment 安居乐业

make a vow to the god 许愿

Many happy returns of the day!万事如意!

mask [mɑ?sk] 面具

Merry Christmas!圣诞快乐!

New Year cake 年糕

one hundred years of life 长命百岁

peaceful life every year 岁岁平安

pork dumpling 猪肉饺子

prolonged life 延年益寿

radiant/beaming with joy 喜洋洋

resound/reverberate in the village 在村中回荡

see the new year in 迎新年

set off fireworks 放焰火

snow in great flakes 大雪纷飞

snowball ['sn??b??l] 雪球

snowfield ['sn??fi?ld] 雪原

snowflake ['sn??fle?k] 雪花，雪片

snowman ['sn??m?n] 雪人

special purchases for the Spring Festival 年货

Spring Festival Couplets 春联

Spring returns to the earth.春回大地。

the end of the year/year-end 年底，年关

the eve of the lunar New Year 年夜

The firecracker didn't go off.爆竹没响。

the season's greeting 节日快乐

three durable plants of winter （pine, bamboo, plum blossom）岁寒三友（松、竹、梅）

Time is fleeing.岁月如流。

toast each other 觥筹交错

turkey ['t??k?] 火鸡

usher in the new and send off the old 辞旧迎新

wealth, high-rank, glory and splendor 富贵荣华

welcome a new year 迎来新的一年

with boundless joy/wild with joy 欢天喜地