春节到，教你如何用英文介绍中国春节

新 春 佳 节

传统中国节日：traditional Chinese festival

农历：lunar calendar

腊八节：Laba Festival

除夕：Lunar New Year’s Eve

春节：the Spring Festival/ Chinese New Year

正月初一：Chinese New Year’s Day

元宵节：the Lantern Festival

正月：the first month of the lunar year

二月二：Dragon Heads-raising Day

传 统 习 俗

喝腊八粥：eat Laba porridge

扫尘：sweep the dust

扫房：spring cleaning

祭灶：offer sacrifices to the God of Kitchen

守岁：stay up

拜年： pay a New Year’s call

祭祖：offer sacrifices to one"s ancestors

祭财神：worship the God of Wealth

春联：Spring Festival couplets

贴倒福：paste the Chinese character "Fu" upside down

去晦气：get rid of the ill-fortune

辞旧岁：bid farewell to the old year

兆头：omen

阖 家 团 圆

吃团圆饭：have a family reunion dinner

年夜饭：New Year’s Eve dinner

全家团圆：family reunion

办年货：do Spring Festival shopping

敬酒：propose a toast

穿新衣：wear new clothes

红包：red packets

压岁钱：gift money;money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift

春 节 美 食

年糕：rice cake;New Year cake

饺子：dumplings;Chinese meat ravioli

汤圆：dumplings made of sweet rice

八宝饭：eight-treasure rice pudding (steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)

什锦糖：assorted candies

糖莲子：candied lotus seed

花生糖：peanut candy

蜜冬瓜：candied winter melon

瓜子：red melon seeds

金桔：cumquat

红枣：red dates

春卷：spring roll

冰糖葫芦：candied haws on a stick

米酒：rice wine

腊肉：preserved meat

糖板栗：sugar chestnut

四喜丸子：four-joy meatballs

娱 乐 活 动

打麻将：play mahjong

庙会：temple fair

春节联欢晚会：Spring Festival gala

灯会：exhibit of lanterns

送贺卡：send New Year"s greeting cards

理发：have a haircut

放烟花：set off fireworks

放鞭炮：set off firecrackers

灯谜：riddles written on lanterns

春 节 祝 福

过年好

Happy Chinese New Year

春节快乐

Happy Spring Festival

心想事成

May all your wishes come true.

恭贺新禧，万事如意

Best wishes for the holidays and happiness throughout the New Year.

身体健康

Enjoy good health

恭喜发财

Happiness and prosperity

工作顺利

May your work go smoothly

一帆风顺

May your life go smoothly.

生意兴隆

Prosperous business

财源广进

Treasures fill the home

万事如意

Hope everything goes your way

岁岁平安

Peace all year round

猪年大吉

Wish you lots of luck in the Year of the pig.