2017年6月英语六级翻译易考词汇：节日类

2017年6月英语六级翻译易考词汇：节日类

　　1.年节

　　买年货：special purchases for the Spring Festival

　　红包：red packets / red envelope

　　舞狮：lion dance

　　舞龙：dragon dance

　　除夕：Chinese New Year’s Eve/ Eve of the Spring Festival

　　春晚：Spring Festival Gala

　　烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecrackers

　　守岁：staying-up

　　拜年：give New Year's greetings/ New Year's visit

　　去晦气：get rid of the ill-fortune

　　压岁钱：gift money/ money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

　　除旧岁：bid farewell to the old year

　　春联：(Spring Festival) couplets

　　年画：New Year painting

　　庙会：temple fair

　　元宵节：Lantern Festival

　　元宵：Tangyuan/ sweet rice dumpling

　　灯谜：lantern riddle

　　全家团圆：family reunion

　　2.清明

　　清明节：Tomb-sweeping Day/ Qingming Festival/ Ching Ming/ Chinese Memorial Day/Ancestors' Day

　　寒食：Cold Food Festival/ Hanshi Day/ the day before Pure Brightness when only cold food is served

　　扫墓：sweep a grave/ pay respect to a dead person at his tomb/ visit ones grave

　　祭祀：offer sacrifices. to the gods or the spirits of the dead

　　纸钱：spiritual money

　　先人：ancestor/ forefather

　　踏青：have an outing in spring

　　青团：Qingtuan: green dumplings made of glutinous rice and barley grass

　　出行高峰：travel peak

　　3.端午

　　端午节：Dragon Boat Festival

　　粽子：zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice, stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves

　　雄黄酒：realgar wine

　　赛龙舟：dragon boat race

　　佩香囊：wear a sachet. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines, and finally string them with silk thread.

　　系五彩线：tie five colored rings

　　驱五毒：drive away the five poisonous creatures/ drive away poisonous pests, includingscorpions, vipers, centipedes, house lizards andtoads.

　　游百病：prevent disease by having fun/ Entertainment for all is said to ward off disease.

　　农历五月初五：the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar

　　楚国：the antient state of Chu

　　投江自尽：drown oneself

　　纪念：commemorate

　　菖蒲：calamus

　　艾草：wormwood

　　驱邪避疫：prevent disease or evil

　　4.中秋及其他

　　中秋节：Mid-Autumn Festival

　　月饼：moon cake

　　赏月：watch and admire the moon

　　皎洁：(of moonlight) bright and clean

　　玉兔：Jade Rabbit

　　嫦娥：Chang’e

　　中元节：Ghost Festival

　　七夕：Magpie Festival

　　重阳节：Double Ninth Festival

　　5.节气及其他

　　节气：seasonal division points

　　立春：spring begins

　　惊鸷：insects awaken

　　雨水：the rains

　　春分：vernal equinox

　　谷雨：grain rain

　　立夏：summer begins

　　小满：lesser fullness

　　芒种：grain in ear

　　夏至：summer solstice

　　小暑：sight heat

　　大暑：great heat

　　立秋：autumn begins

　　处暑：end of heat

　　白露：white dew

　　秋分：autumn equinox

　　寒露：cold dews

　　霜降：hoar-frost falls

　　立冬：winter begins

　　小雪：light snow

　　大雪：heavy snow

　　冬至：winter solstice

　　小寒：slight coldness

　　大寒：great coldness

　　地支：Earthly Branch

　　天干：Heavenly Stem

　　生肖：Chinese zodiac

　　阴历：solar calendar

　　闰年：leap year